Free On-Line Training
Unified Health Communication 101:
Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency,
and Limited English Proficiency
is a free on-line learning tool that
will help you:
- Improve your patient communication
skills
- Increase your awareness
and knowledge of the three main factors
that affect your communication with patients:
health literacy, cultural competency and low
English proficiency
- Implement patient-centered
communication practices that demonstrate
cultural competency and appropriately address
patients with limited health literacy and
low English proficiency
You may choose to take the course for credit
(CEU/CE, CHES, CME, CNE) or not for credit (Unified
Health Communications 100).
The course has five modules. You must complete
Module 1 before you can proceed to the next
modules. After completion of Module 1, you may
complete Modules 2, 3 and 4 in any order, but
must complete Modules 1-4 before you may begin
Module 5. It is estimated to take a total of
5 hours to complete.
You may complete the course at your own pace.
We have designed the course so that you can
start and stop whenever you like – your work
will be saved and you can resume where you left
off when you return.
To Take the Course
- Register with TRAIN, the
distance-learning resource for public health
professionals sponsored by the Public Health
Foundation with support from HRSA. (If you
have already registered with TRAIN, you can
just sign on at the Member Login and proceed
to Step 2).
- Go to www.train.org
- From the left column, select your location
and click "Create Account"
- Follow the instructions to create your
TRAIN account
- Select the course, Unified
Health Communication: Addressing Health Literacy,
Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency.
- Select the "Course Search" tab
at the top of the page
- Select "By Course ID" from the
left column
- Enter 1010510 to take the course for credit
OR enter 1010508 to take the course for
no credit
- Select the "Registration"
tab
- Select your credit type and organization
(or select “no credit”)
- Click "Launch" to start the
course. Remember, you may start and stop
the course at any time and your work will
be saved.
Need help using TRAIN?
Visit http://www.train.org
Updated February 26, 2009 |
