The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy emphasizes the importance of providing information that helps patients make informed decisions.  The information should be developed and disseminated in a manner that is accurate, accessible, and actionable.  Humans have evolved as audio-visual learners.  We often learn best in a story telling format that improves comprehension and retention.  Video can be an effective method to present relevant patient education material.  If the video is an interactive format that will improve health literacy by increasing patient engagement. This article discusses 8 suggestions on improving patient health literacy.  A brief summary includes: 1) ask open ended questions, 2) use “teach back” method, 3) use “show back”, 4) hand over material upside down to create engagement, 5) useful simple language, 6) speak slowly, 7) use graphics or picture, 8) provide information at appropriate grade/education level.  These are very practical ways to improve health literacy especially during live consultations.  Your online educational resources should be developed using the same principles, which is why interactive video is such a powerful medical education resource.