Kimberley Cranstoun-McCarthy
Writing for Patient Education offers an overview of patient communications and provides learners with a framework for creating materials that patients, families, and caregivers can use. It will address the difference between need-to-know and nice-to-know information, explore the various formats of patient information, evaluate real-world examples, and engage students in rewriting existing samples and creating their own samples to start building a work portfolio.
Skills / Knowledge
- List the five foundational principles of patient education
- Explain the order in which these principles can be used to edit existing patient education materials or write new content, and why this order is important
- Define plain language in 25 words or less
- Discuss with a colleague, employer, or client the most useful charts, graphs, graphics, and numbers for patient education
- Explain the importance of cultural considerations in writing and editing patient education materials
- Name six cultural and demographic factors that affect patient education choices
Issued on
December 30, 2024
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