Patient education can no longer be left to the last few minutes before discharge. It must begin with admission. Video is the perfect tool to use throughout the patient's stay. Here are 10 tips on selecting video for your hospital's patient education video library.
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10 Tips for Selecting Video for Your Patient Education Library
1. 10 Tips for Selecting
Video
for Your Patient
Education Library
2. Education barriers
Visual Learners
Distracted Learners
Language barriers
Talking, handouts and
hurried discharge
Complex Topics instructions can no
longer qualify as
and Jargon
“patient education”
3. "There couldn't be a worse
time, a less receptive time,
to offer people information
than the 11 minutes before
they leave the building,"
Readmissions expert Dr. Eric Coleman of the University of Colorado in Denver.
From USAToday by Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Published: 02/11/2013
6. 1. Look for programs
that are short, less
than 10 minutes,
to combat short
attention spans.
7. 2.
Look for programs that “role
model” desired behaviors that
patients can relate too.
They must see themselves doing
this behavior in real life.
8. 3.
Programs should use clear, direct
and understandable language.
No complex medical jargon.
9. 4.
Look for videos that include a
variety of graphics and
illustrations to explain topics
in simple terms.
10. Hospital readmissions are miserable
for patients, and a huge cost —
more than $17 billion a year in
avoidable Medicare bills alone —
for a nation struggling with the
price of health care. .
From USAToday by Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Published: 02/11/2013
11. 5. Look for videos that
are interesting or
entertaining.
If the presentation is boring the
patient will lose interest quickly.
12. Avoid videos that move too fast
for the learner to keep up.
6.
Make sure words stay on the screen
long enough to read them all.
14. 8.
Look for videos that are
available in multiple
languages appropriate to your
patient population.
15. "Every place is different and
faces different challenges in
terms of improving care
after patients are discharged
from the hospital,"
Goodman said.
From USAToday by Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Published: 02/11/2013
16. Don’t take a “one size fits all”
approach.
9.
Look for videos that address specific
educational topics and criteria.
17. 10. Look for videos that
emphasize what
“to do” rather than
what not to do.
18. For More Information on
How to Use Video in Patient
Education
Download these Resources:
How to Use Video in Patient Education
How to Flip Patient Education
Free Patient Education Resource Kit
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