patient education Dr Yousef Abdullah Al Turki Associate
ﺗﻮﻋﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﺮﻳﺾ patient education Dr. Yousef Abdullah Al Turki Associate Professor and consultant family medicine. College of medicine, king Saud University
Patient Scenario • A mother of one year child with down syndrome come to the primary care clinic for vaccination. She is worried about his future. How you can help this lady?
Patient Scenario • Elderly diabetic and hypertensive patient come with his driver to the primary care clinic for follow up. He is on insulin injection and other 4 medications. what difficulty you might face to educate this patient?
Patient education Model • Establish the patient’ knowledge of the problem • Describe the problem • Establish the patient’ attitudes to the problem
continue • Correct any incorrect health beliefs • Supplement the patient’s existing knowledge to a level appropriate to the needs of the patient and the doctor
continue • Facilitation by the use of special charts, diagrams, models, investigation reports: - x. ray - growth chart - Audiogram
continue • Making patient understand what you say - Educational background - mental capacity • Reinforcement repetition of the information in the same or during subsequent consultation
continue • Learning by doing how? • Encourage the patient to participate in decision making and in accepting some degree of responsibility for his/her own management @ record body weight @ glucocheck @ B. P
continue • Encourage feed back • Involvement of other family members where appropriate. Explore other preventive opportunities
continue • Provide take away information @ patient instruction leaflets @ Resource contacts • Good human relationship patient must accept you as friend • Leader patients learn best from the educator whom they respect and regard
continue • Establish whether the objectives have been met and the patient is happy with the outcome
Think • It is some time wrongly assumed that just by providing people with information, they will automatically be able to make healthy choices. • Examples?
conclusion • Patient health education is an important aspect in health care system • Improving communication skills with patient will increase the succeed in reaching the objectives for patient education
Role play • One student act as patient • Another student act as doctor • Group Discussion
Thanks with my best regards
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