HCI 405 - Health and Information Literacy

5 CR

Previously HCTM 405.
Healthcare informatics professionals are at the forefront of current initiatives aimed at providing consumer-centric healthcare. Success of these initiatives depends on thorough understanding of concepts associated with health and information literacy. Students will develop skills needed to assess health and information literacy, locate, evaluate and effectively use information appropriate to meet consumer health information needs.

Prerequisite(s): HCI 360 or permission of the instructor.

Course Outcomes

Evaluate current health information literacy level of patients, consumers and healthcare professionals
Identify health information appropriate to meet the information need
Evaluate health information and its source
Merge health information with the user’s value system and current knowledge base, respecting cultural, socio-economic, legal and ethical issues
Effectively communicate health information to a variety of audiences
Given a health information need, create an appropriate method to meet that need

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