Hot off the press! Patient Education Practice Guidelines for Health Care Professionals

Date:

Jul 28, 2021, from 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM (PT)

Speakers

Carolyn Cutilli, PhD, RN, NPD-BC The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Christensen, MA The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Description:

The Health Care Education Association (HCEA) has developed the "Patient Education Practice Guidelines for Health Care Professionals." The guidelines are based on the review of 10,000 publications identified through a literature search focused on the patient education process: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. The application of the concise guidelines (succinct steps and specific strategies) will be discussed as well as the development of the guidelines. In addition to the process, the guidelines highlight overarching themes from the patient education literature: patient engagement, patient-centered, plain language, behavior-focused, and multi-modal approach. This session will be a conversation with the participants about the application of the guidelines in the fast-paced health care setting.

Objectives:

Describe the patient education process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation) with specific steps and strategies. Explain how overarching themes are intertwined in the process. Provide examples of how guidelines will be applied to practice.

About the Speakers

Carolyn Cutilli, PhD, RN, NPD-BC
Carolyn is a patient education specialist at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She consults on patient education initiatives at the unit through corporate levels. Carolyn is the immediate past president of the Health Care Education Association (HCEA) and co-chair of the HCEA’s patient education guidelines committee. Carolyn is also an adjunct professor of research/health policy at American International College. Her scholarly work focuses on health literacy.

Sarah Christensen, MA
Sarah is the director of Patient Education at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She oversees institution-wide patient education programming and communications and is an institutional member of MD Anderson’s Patient and Family Advisory Program. Sarah is the co-chair for HCEA’s patient education guidelines committee and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN).

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