An international survey of health literacy education within schools of pharmacy Swinburne, Glen, Duncan, Gregory J., McNamara, Kevin P., Stewart, Kay, Emmerton, Lynne and Hussainy, Safeera Y. 2014, An international survey of health literacy education within schools of pharmacy, Pharmacy education, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 93-100. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mcnamara-internationalsurvey-2014.pdf Published version application/pdf 399.38KB 51 Title An international survey of health literacy education within schools of pharmacy Author(s) Swinburne, Glen Duncan, Gregory J. McNamara, Kevin P. orcid.org/0000-0001-6547-9153 Stewart, Kay Emmerton, Lynne Hussainy, Safeera Y. Journal name Pharmacy education Volume number 14 Issue number 1 Start page 93 End page 100 Total pages 8 Publisher International Pharmaceutical Federation Place of publication Hague, The Netherlands Publication date 2014 ISSN 1447-2701 Keyword(s) communication curriculum education health literacy pharmacy students Summary Background: Health literacy (HL) influences patients’ health status, use of the healthcare system and medication-relatedbehaviours. However, the concept is relatively new to pharmacy and its incorporation in academic curricula has notbeen examined.Aims: To explore HL training in pharmacy schools internationally, and academics’ opinions in regards to how it shouldbe taught and assessed.Methods: An anonymous, online survey was administered to academics who teach within pharmacy degree coursesfrom countries where English is the main language. Results: Responses were received from 21 pharmacy schools in seven countries; 20 stated that HL was taught withintheir pharmacy degree, in four as a stand-alone topic. Small-group tutorials were thought to be the most beneficial formof teaching health literacy, best assessed using oral and objective structured clinical examinations. Conclusion: The majority of pharmacy schools taught health literacy and had similar opinions regarding best practiceteaching and assessment. Language eng Field of Research 1115 Pharmacology And Pharmaceutical Sciences 1302 Curriculum And Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, FIP Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30078134 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Medicine Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 13:29:59 EST Tue, 08 Sep 2015, 05:07:59 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2015, 10:50:46 EST Mon, 18 Jan 2016, 07:28:24 EST Wed, 20 Jan 2016, 12:58:15 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 11:19:48 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 11:27:08 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 11:29:38 EST Wed, 26 Jul 2017, 09:23:28 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:41:05 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 170 Abstract Views, 52 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 25 Nov 2015, 10:50:46 EST

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