Seven practical principles for improving patient education: Evidence-based ideas from cognition science

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 119-122

  Pusic, Martin V ^a   Ching, Kevin ^b   Yin, Hsiang Shonna ^a   Kessler, David ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Health Education; Multimedia; Teaching materials

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84895539803     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/19.3.119     Document Type: Review

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