The Prospects Of Using Patient Education Handouts

By Matthew Thomas


You can make a high impact in the lives of your patients by educating them on how to keep their well-being and health at the better extreme of the continuum. To do this effectively, they need to get the information on how to maintain high standards of health. This can be done through patient education handouts.

You can get the message across better when you write it down. The learners can remind themselves latter. The spoken word can be forgotten easily. Also, you will be able to go into details compared to when you are using slide shows.

When the item you are explaining is complex and technical then you will be better off typing it. You can even highlight or bold the key points so that the reader can give it special attention. You can also include details on how they can contact you, references and case study. Collateral materials and marketing literature are also useful.

Patients will not go out of their way to review research journals in the medical field or even read the big books on medicine. Therefore, you need to find a way to deliver the message in these books to them in a simple way. Through handouts, you can present the key issues in a summary form. In addition, you have to think about the best time to give them the handouts depending on what you are teaching. Ensure they have the copies before the class starts if there are things you cannot explain to them blindly.

Make sure the copies have a professional look. The seriousness involved in preparing slides should come out in the documents too. The color used in printing should be black unless the situation is special. The font ought to be readable without straining. There should be variation in font size and editing for a better presentation.

You need to be cautious in editing. You might overdo the work in the name of styling. Thus, do not produce a copy which has being overly edited to appear absurd. Other educators who have prepared handouts before can be consulted. Also, ask them if they have standard templates you can use.

Ensure your attendees are at a level where they can understand the manner through which you have presented the information. Also, the language should be simple. You will be working for nothing if you are presenting handouts which are below or above the level of the learners.

You need to ensure that the copies are enough for everyone attending the discussion. Also, have extra ones so that you can cater for those who decide to attend at the last minute. It will be hectic to start running up and down to print more when you can fix this before you start. Also, ensure you have all the information and skills needed to make the discussion a success. You should not give irrelevant information. No one will take you seriously after that.




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