BACKGROUND: Physicians may not realize that some of their @entity1 have limited reading abilities. The AMC Cancer Research Center and the Primary Care Curriculum at the University of Colorado collaborated to develop and implement a project to teach medical students to identify and effectively communicate with limited-literacy @entity1 regarding @entity5 screening. METHOD: The project incorporated two standardized- @entity1 (SP) cases on @entity5 screening and literacy into the existing curriculum for second-year students. A small-group, interactive problem-based learning (PBL) case on @entity0 screening and literacy introduced the concept of communicating about @entity5 screening and literacy issues. A clinical practice examination on @entity14 screening and literacy was given at the end of the year. RESULTS: The collaborative project proved successful in incorporating literacy and @entity5 screening into a medical school curriculum. Time spent training SPs to play the role of adults with limited literacy was very important, as was time spent pre-testing the cases. The PBL case effectively promoted group discussion of @entity5 screening and literacy. CONCLUSION: The project succeeded in making students aware of literacy and @entity5 screening issues. Outcome results are being analyzed.

Improving medical students' communication with limited-literacy XXXX : project development and implementation.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['colorectal cancer']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
