GROL 11/20/25 - Health Literacy - We ask, “Do you understand the plan?” and Parents Say, “Yes.” Asking the Wrong Question to get a Convenient Answer

Local, national, and international leaders present pediatric topics in their area of specialty during this weekly series.

1. Recognize the hidden nature of lower health literacy.
2. Identify the limitations of parents’ and caregivers’ self-reported understanding.
3. Describe a simple, quick, acceptable, cost-effective means of objectively assessing understanding for better outcomes.

Children's Mercy Hospital  designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Nurses who meet the criteria for successful completion will receive 1 contact hour

Requirements for successful completion:

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Complete the attestation

Complete the evaluation

Children’s Mercy Kansas City is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by VTL Center for Professional Development, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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Cliff Coleman, MD, MPH
Doris and Mark Storms Chair in Compassionate Communication, Center for Ethics in Health Care; Clinical Thread Director for Professionalism, Ethics, and Communication, School of Medicine and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

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