Impact of teaching modality on soft skill development: Oral health literacy awareness skills assessed using standardized patient experiences.

Objectives: Health literacy awareness is a crucial skill for health professionals, yet training may be lacking. Didactic lectures may improve health literacy awareness in future health professionals, however, compressed curricula may lead educators to consider the incorporation of eLearning into the delivery of health literacy education. E-modules have been shown to engage learners, yet little is known about their effectiveness in instilling behavioral change in learners' clinical communication skills.