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Studies evaluating patient teaching: implications for practice

1983; Elsevier BV; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0020-7489(83)90037-8

1873-491X

Jenifer Wilson‐Barnett, Joan Osborne,

Health Sciences Research and Education

Patients with cancer continue to lack practical information regarding their illness and report low levels of awareness and use of patient services. The challenge to educators is to find cost-effective and timely ways to deliver a complex mix of interesting and high-quality information and expertise to this large and diverse audience, while still tailoring the content to individual needs and situations. In the present article, we describe the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) computer-based patient education program. The program is aimed toward empowering those dealing with cancer and provides comprehensive medical information and support via an interactive Intranet web site containing information about cancer (the Oncology Interactive™ Education Series), library resources, Internet links, information about PMH services, and a hospital calendar of events. Preliminary evaluation results have provided valuable direction for on-going program development and suggest that the program is easy to use, informative, and enjoyable for patients, families, volunteers, and health professionals.