Health Literacy: An Essential Element of Health Care Professionalism and Resilience

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Abstract

This report discusses the importance of incorporating health literacy into health care professionalism and resilience. It defines health care management professionalism and its subcomponents. The report addresses the need for an improved definition of health care management professionalism. The inclusion of health literacy is not only important to the improved definition, but also to health care management education competencies. The report builds on the move towards competency-based education as a strategy to address health literacy in the areas of professionalism and ethics for healthcare professionals. This could lead to building healthcare systems with healthcare professionals who encompass high levels of professionalism as well as incorporating tools to combat burnout and increasing resilience.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHealth Literacy in Clinical Practice and Public Health � New Initiatives and Lessons Learned at the Intersection with other Disciplines
EditorsRobert A. Logan, Elliot R. Siegel
PublisherIOS Press
Pages65-71
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781643680743
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume269
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

Keywords

  • burnout
  • health care management
  • health care professionalism
  • Health literacy
  • resilience

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