Keywords

Health Literacy, Online Collaborative Learning, Patient Education, Service-Learning, Interdisciplinary Nursing Education

 

Authors

  1. George, Tracy P.
  2. DeCristofaro, Claire

Abstract

Abstract: To meet Healthy People 2020 goals, health literacy must be included in health care program curricula. In a fully online graduate nursing course, an innovative service-learning activity asked students to collaborate in the creation of low-literacy patient education pamphlets for practice partners at a community rehabilitation facility. Involvement with community stakeholders such as support groups and interprofessional team members enhanced interdisciplinary educational outcomes. Through this innovative project-based activity, students were able to meet the clinical education and decision support needs of rehabilitation patients while translating academic coursework to support actual community needs.