Transcript Patient Education Handouts - Florida State University

Prevention and Patient
Education Resources
Nancy B. Clark, M.Ed.
Director of Medical Informatics Education
http://www.med.fsu.edu/informatics/communications.asp
Objectives
Why print handouts?
 Considerations
 Finding Guidelines and Handouts
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– Computer Based
– Web Based
Checking Readability with Word
 Translating
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Patient Education Handouts
Why Handouts?
Memory
 Anxiety
 Hearing
 Demand management
 Communication
 Complexity
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Patient Education Handouts
Typical Office Generated
Prescription refill requests
 Referral requests
 How to help your doctor run on time
 The role of midlevel providers
 Doctors' availability after hours
 Procedures for school physical
appointments
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Patient Education Handouts
Others
Medication Schedule
 Wound Care
 Community Resources
 Immunization Schedule/Record
 Disease management
 More…
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Patient Education Handouts
Computer Based
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Stand alone vs EMR
 English and Spanish
 Authors
 Variety
– Adult, Seniors, Peds,
Women’s,
Medications
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Clinical Reference
Systems
 Micro Medix
 Practice Partner
 AAFP Handouts
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Modifiable
 Office Information
Patient Education Handouts
Web Based
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Issues
Not quick access
 Bookmark good
sites
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– Web access
– Bandwidth
– Validity/Bias
– Currency
– PATIENTS ARE
READING THIS!
Patient Education Handouts
FSU Patient Ed Resources
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Direct link from Library Webpage
http://med.fsu.edu/library/patienteducation.asp
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Direct link from Medical Websites
http://med.fsu.edu/library/PatientEd.asp
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Prevention resources also on Medical
Websites
Patient Education Handouts
General Patient Ed Web Sites
MDConsult and FirstConsult
 AAFP Handouts
 American Academy of Pediatrics
 CDC Health Topics
 MEDLINE Plus
 ePocrates Online
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Patient Education Handouts
Chronic Disease Specific Sites
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American Diabetic
Association
 American Lung
Association
 Arthritis Foundation
Handouts
 American Academy
Allergy, Asthma, and
Immunology
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What they have:
– Handouts
– Support groups
– Local chapter
locations
– Discussion lists
Patient Education Handouts
Prevention, Public Health and
Population Resources
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
(USPSTF)
 CDC Prevention Guidelines Database
 Healthy People 2010 (DHHS)
 Immunizationed.org
 Travelers' Health CDC
 National Center for Farm Workers
Health
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Searching For Handouts
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COM Digital Medical Library
– Look for Prevention Resources or
– Patient and Family Resources
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Medical Matrix
– Search for ??? In Patient Education
Resources Only
Considerations
Reading level
 Language
 Design
 Illustrations
 Content
 Demand-management value
 Ethnicity
 Source
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Patient Education Handouts
Using Word Check Reading
Level
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Tools menu, Options, Spelling &
Grammar tab.
Check grammar with spelling, yes
Show readability statistics, yes
OK.
Check Spelling
When Microsoft Word finishes checking
spelling and grammar, it displays information
about the reading level of the document.
Patient Education Handouts
Using Google to Translate
Find handout and copy it or if online
URL
 Go to Google
 Click on Language Tools
 Select language to translate
 Paste URL or text
 Submit
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Using Word to Translate
Highlight text to translate
 Under the Tools Menu
 Select Languages (vXP)
 Select Translate…
 From English to …Pick language
 Hit arrow if it does not do it for you.
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Using Word to Translate
Bajo menú de las herramientas
 adjetivo selecto
 Debajo De los Libros De Consulta,
seleccione la traducción
 De inglés... a la lengua de la selección
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Caution
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Simplier the handout, better translator
works
How to Use Handout
Sit next to patient
 Review with patient
 Provide pen/marker
 Point with finger to items
 Communicate priorities (most important
point)
 Check for understanding
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Strategies to Improve Compliance
Let’s Find Stuff
Patient 1
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Mr. Jones is a 52 yr old construction
worker, high school dropout, who is
newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism.
You prescribe Synthroid, 50mg qd. Find
an appropriate handout that explains
how to take the medication and one
explaining the condition.
Patient 2
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You are going to represent FSU at a
health fair for migrant farmworkers.
Find a good handout in Spanish to give
children that explains how to brush their
teeth.