Creating Multilingual COVID-19–related Material. Expanding Health Literacy in Vulnerable Populations

Selected Bibliography of Recent Research in COVID-19

“…Although distance learning is new for many, they noted the importance of applying best practices for adult learning in virtual formats and focused on active learning techniques and interaction. Sharif and colleagues reviewed the utility, theory, and evidence of extraclinical teaching (teaching away from the bedside), with its advantages being scale, asynchronous and tailored learning, democratization of teaching voices, and efficient renewal of resources (128). Finally, acknowledging the disparities made more apparent by COVID-19, medical students created a free and interactive website for kindergarten through 12th grade children to learn about COVID-19 in English, Spanish, and French to expand health literacy in vulnerable populations (128).…”