“Research shows that one out of two patients forgets half the information given to them within 24 hours, and the other half remembers it incorrectly.”

☝️This is just ONE of the many golden nuggets of information that today’s guest throws at us.

The ability to explain complex medical information and recommendations to patients in a way that’s easy to understand is a true and necessary art, which is why we have Richard Zraick Ph.D., CCC-SLP, F-ASHA, CHSE from the University of Central Florida here to talk about it!

In this week's episode, you’ll learn all about..

The two types of health literacy and how SLPs are involved in both

*NOTE: October’s themed mission inside the Medical SLP Collective is Health Literacy! If you’re not yet a Collective member and want to join this month’s mission with actionable assignments to apply at your job, go to www.medslpcollective.com and enroll today!

Visit the episode page here for more links from Dr. Zraick: https://syppodcast.com/342

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