Patient Education: More Than Telling Patients About Their Condition

Compare and contrast forces impacting health care and their relevance to patient education.

Provide a rationale for the value and use of patient education.

Define patient education.

Identify the 4 components that comprise the patient education process.

Distinguish teaching from learning and identify and discuss barriers to teaching and obstacles to learning.

Provide strategies and techniques the RT should employ as a patient educator.

Gain an appreciation for the role of the RT as a primary patient educator.