What is health literacy and why is it important to consider when teaching patients?  How can we effectively educate and communicate with patients? How is Covid-19 impacting health literacy?  Check out my interview with Ms. Jean Shipman, a librarian emerita and former President of the Medical Library Association. Additional Resources: - Health Literacy in Action Conference https://hlia-harcconf.org/ - North Carolina Program for Health Literacy. (2014). The teach-back method. Retrieved from http://www.nchealthliteracy.org/toolkit/tool5.pdf - UNC-CH Assessment tool list: https://hsl.lib.unc.edu/health-literacy/assessing-health-literacy/ - HHS Plain Language checklists  - https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/checklists/ - CDC - Everyday Words for Public Health Communication https://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/everydaywords/ - The Health Literacy Data Map, http://healthliteracymap.unc.edu/ - Searchable map of health literacy estimates for the entire United States http://bit.ly/271301r.  - Health Literacy Importance(from U.S. Dept. Health & Human Services)  https://health.gov/news/201912/hhs-leaders-highlight-importance-health-literacy - Health Literacy Online (from health.gov) at http://health.gov/healthliteracyonline/  Works through an online form to create content. - Health Literacy Studies:  Assessing  Materials (Harvard School of Public Health)  at http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/assessing-and-developing-materials/ - Health Literacy Studies at Harvard: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/ - CE health literacy modules for physicians, nurses, therapists, counselors, and all health practitioners providing direct or indirect patient care: https://healthliteracy.osu.edu/modules