No Time to Teach is ava...

Someone just asked, so here’s the answer: Yes, No Time to Teach is available on Kindle! http://www.amazon.com/Time-Teach-Education-Providers-ebook/dp/B003P9X2MG

No Time to Teach: Amer...

I am thrilled to announce No Time to Teach: The Essence of Patient and Family Education for Health Care Providers has been chosen as an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year 2010 in the category of Nursing and Continuing Education. Here is the review by Thomasine D. Guberski,...

Recent Research and Res...

Want the latest in research and resources in patient education? Follow me on Twitter @notimetoteach. No time to tweet? Here’s a summary of some recent research and resources I sent folks to. http://tinyurl.com/29dp95o Plain Language Network: communication improvements are...

Addressing functional h...

What’s the point of providing printed materials to your patients and their families if they are unable to read them, understand them, and apply the information to improve self-care behaviors? Poor functional health literacy is the source of much non-adherence to the medical...

Patient Education Video...

Most patients considering surgery want to know the risks, the benefits, how much pain to expect, what condition they will be in after surgery, and how long it will be before they are functioning again. They are not interested in the details of what is actually done during surgery....

Tools to support behavi...

Looking for tools to support behavior changes that improve health outcomes? Support for behavior change resource (SBCR) maintains a searchable database of tools, programs, and research relating to diabetes self care: http://ndep.nih.gov/sbcr/SBCRSearchTool.aspx?BehaviorType=target The...

A patient education res...

I just discovered a number of videos related to patient education on the Discovery Channel website. You can access them by putting into your search engine: “discovery channel” “patient education” They offer videos on diabetes, breast cancer, future life in...

Free white paper on Usi...

Social media help individuals interact online. They include Internet forums, message boards, texting via mobile devices, blogs, social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, wikis, podcasts, Twitter, pictures, and video. Have you been thinking that social media might be useful in...

HCEA Webinar on Connect...

On Wednesday, November 3, 2010 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Eastern Time) the Health Care Education Association (HCEA) will offer a webinar: Connecting with Communities through Social Media: Can We Be Friends? presented by Christine Black O’Malley, the Executive Director of the Office...

Information needs of ca...

Recently, in the UK, researchers examined whether and how information needs differ for patients at different stages of the cancer journey. They had 187 participants in this study. They found, indeed, informational needs change over time, before, during, and after cancer treatments....

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