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Patient Education Practice Guidelines For Health Care Professionals

This resource assists health care professionals in delivering effective patient education that will foster optimal health outcomes. The Guidelines outline the key steps in the educational process along with proven, evidenced–based teaching strategies. Over 10,000 publications were reviewed in developing the guidelines.

Patient Education Practice Guidelines For Health Care Professionals

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Each of the 4 main elements of patient education which includes specific strategies and examples.

Assessment
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation

The Guidelines Quick Guide, a one page reference sheet summarizing key points

The Appendices, direct links to skill enhancement tools/information

The References, expand your knowledge base through further reading one or more of the 232 research-based publications used to develop the guidelines.

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HCEA is nationwide organization of nurses, librarians, administrators, staff development specialists, and all types of patient educators.

We produce a national conference and curate resources for our members.

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Tools and Resources

Browse tools and resources for patient education, staff education, health literacy, and more; curated by HCEA volunteers. Do you have a tool or resource to suggest? Use this suggestion form.