From: Eberle, Michelle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Health Literacy Workshop
Please forward this opportunity to your state listservs. Thank you!
-Michelle
Take Action: Be a Health Literacy Hero
a free workshop sponsored by the NN/LM
Keynote Speaker: Helen Osborne, http://www.healthliteracy.com
<http://www.healthliteracy.com>
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014, (snow date is December 5)
Location: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
Time: 9:30 AM - 2:15 PM
Register here.
<https://nnlm.gov/ner/training/register.html?schedule_id=3105>
Agenda:
* Continental Breakfast (9 - 9:30)
* Health Literacy: What It Is, Why It Matters, How You Can Help
(9:30 - 11:00)
* Conversation with Librarians about Health Literacy (11:15 -
12:15) with Irena Bond, Margo Coletti, Anne Conner, and Nancy Goodwin
* Lunch (12:15 to 1:00) and book signing with Helen Osborne
(author of Health Literacy from A-Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your
Health Message)
* Take Action: Be a Health Literacy Hero (1:00 to 2:15)
Bring a colleague!
We encourage you to invite a current or potential health literacy
project partner.
Parking vouchers and lunch will be provided. Travel expenses can be
funded for several librarians. To learn more, please contact Michelle
Eberle at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Sponsors: NN/LM, New England Region's Health Literacy Community of
Interest, and the Peters Health Sciences Library at Rhode Island
Hospital
Attendees may receive 4 Medical Library Association CE Credits (Consumer
Health Information Specialization category) pending approval.
Michelle Eberle, MSLIS, AHIP
Health Literacy and Community Engagement Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region
(508) 856-2435 | (800) 338-7657
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