Documentation for this webinar is presented to the Dubai Health Authority and CPD standards
Webinar Talk: Health Literacy risk factors and interventions
Time & date: 01 September 2020. 11:00 GMT+4
Webinar overview:
Health Literacy risk factors and interventions
The course will cover health literacy knowledge and skill in handling diverse patients,
including health literacy as a public health issue; the extent of the problem of low health literacy;
the consequences of low health literacy; behaviors typically exhibited by patients with low
literacy; risk factors for low health literacy; strategies used by pharmacists for handling patients
with low literacy; confidence in their ability to identify and communicate with patients with low
health literacy; and ability to write health literacy level appropriate patient education material.
Goals of this webinar are:
Developed together with Ajman University
MOHAP Accredited Webinar 1.5 CPD points
The attendance is FREE.
The certificate of participation is FREE.
To upgrade the certificate degree with 1.5 CPD points, you should pay Fee: 50 AED
Target audience:
- Retail pharmacists,
- Pharmacists, Pharmacy heads,
- Pharmacy managers.
- Clinical pharmacists
Post Webinar Quiz
Learning objects:
1) Health literacy, risk, behaviors and characteristics
Health literacy knowledge and skill in handling low health literacy patients will be discussed. Health literacy as a public health issue; the extent of the problem of low health literacy; the consequences of low health literacy; behaviors typically exhibited by patients with low literacy; and risk factors for low health literacy will be illustrated in this lecture.
2) Health literacy, interventions and strategies
Strategies used by pharmacists in handling patients with low literacy; confidence in their ability to identify and communicate with patients with low health literacy; and the ability to write health literacy level appropriate patient education material will be highlighted in this lecture.