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Advancing Health Care Professional Education and Training in Diagnostic Excellence. Proceedings of a Workshop--In Brief
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Jennifer Lalitha Flaubert, Rapporteur; Adrienne Formentos, Rapporteur; Erin Hammers Forstag, Rapporteur; Forum on Advancing Diagnostic Excellence, Contributor; Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education, Contributor; Board on Global Health, Contributor; Board on Health Care Services, Contributor; Health and Medicine Division, Contributor – National Academies Press, 2025
Diagnostic errors are a significant patient safety concern, impacting millions of people across the United States each year. Strengthening education and training for all health care professionals involved in the diagnostic process is essential to improving diagnostic accuracy, timeliness of treatment, and patient outcomes. In April 2025, the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Teaching Methods, Clinical Diagnosis, Feedback (Response)
Active Learning Activity Aimed to Develop Group Patient Education Skills
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Kelley, Kristi; Liles, Anne Marie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
Providing patient education for a group is an essential practice for all healthcare providers that has been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically in relation to patients with chronic diseases. This practice requires skills such as adapting communication to meet the…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Communication Strategies, Knowledge Level, Pharmacy
Embodied Learning and Patient Education: From Nurses' Self-Awareness to Patient Self-Caring
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Swartz, Ann L. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
This article is intended as a clear and practical introduction to use of a scientific perspective on embodied learning. It looks to embodied cognition and embodied cognitive science to explore education for self-care. The author presents a neurobiologic understanding of embodied learning to bridge adult education to the science-driven world of…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Nurses, Patients, Cognitive Psychology
Improving CME: Using Participant Satisfaction Measures to Specify Educational Methods
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Olivieri, Jason J.; Regala, Roderick P. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2013
Imagine having developed a continuing medical education (CME) initiative to educate physicians on updated guidelines regarding high cholesterol in adults. This initiative consisted of didactic presentations and case-based discussions offered in 5 major US cities, followed by a Web-based enduring component to distill key points of the live…
Descriptors: Participant Satisfaction, Measures (Individuals), Professional Continuing Education, Medical Education
Innovative Approach to Patient Education.
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Rifas, Ellene; And Others – Nursing Outlook, 1994
To overcome limitations on nurses' teaching skills, staff shortages, and shorter hospitalizations, a patient education program uses varied methods (one-to-one, small group, videotape, telephone coaching) and aids (teaching standards, patient handbooks, skills checklists) to help nurses teach patients self-care techniques. (SK)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Innovation, Guides, Nurses
Patient Education. CE 636. Second Edition.
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Elsesser, Lionelle – 1982
This course text outlines the objectives and content for a professional continuing education course on patient education for the hospital librarian. Topics covered include: (1) definition of terms; (2) national studies and surveys; (3) compliance issues; (4) patient/learner motivation; (5) elements of a successful program; (6) role definition; (7)…
Descriptors: Costs, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Educational Planning