1. Patient Education and the Internet
Cathy MacLean
November 23rd, 2006

2. Session Objectives To access patient education sites
To assess patient education sites
To develop strategies to utilize internet sites in patient care
To discuss strategies for organizing patient education in your practice

3. Session Objectives
What are your objectives?

4. Patient Education Resources on the Internet
Information for Patients
Guidelines for Internet sites
Information for Physicians related to Patient Education
Patient Aides and Tools
Newsletters

5. Accessing Information on the Internet
Searching-
Dr.
Yahoo Health
MSNBC
With a known URL
– the most popular sites

8. Patient Ed Resources from Journals
JAMA Patient Page Subscription
BMJ – Best Treatment

10. Getting Patient Ed pages from Medical Journals
Go to: ☺
Type your topic in the query box
Click on the Limits tab – scroll down the page
In the Type of Article menu – scroll down and click on the “patient education handout” box
Move to bottom of page and hit “Go”

11. Assessing Internet Sites
.com vs .org / .gov / and edu
Example:
Canadian sites
HON - Health on the Net
Bookmark your favourites
Those recommended by your favourite librarian ☺

12. Health on the Net www.hon.ch
Watch for the Logo and check the logo for authenticity

13. General Considerations
Accuracy
Appropriateness
Ethnicity/language choice
Literacy Level
Consistency
Authorship/sponsorship
Links
Ease of use
Animation/illustration

14. Health Literacy Issues
Canadian Health Network- links ☺
Canadian Public Health Association Plain Language
American Sites-

15. CFPC Site For Patients Section www.cfpc.ca ☺ Other resources:
Rourke Well Baby Records, etc.
– use the A – Z tab at the top of the page for quick reference

16. Health Canada Sites Canadian Health Network☺
Just for You
Healthy Living
Diseases and Conditions
By age categories

17. Health Related Agencies
Canadian Cancer Society
Arthritis Society
Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation
Thyroid Foundation of Canada ….

18. Medical Organizations
Canadian Pediatric Society
Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
DoctorsNS
CMA
Go to Public section

19. A Canadian evidenced based site for office practice with great Patient Education resources:

20. Provincial Sites www.healthyontario.com Nova Scotia Health Network

21. Sites for Kids Health www.cps.ca http://www.kidshealth.org/
Canadian Health Network
CMA site

22. Immunization Information
Includes information in different languages
Includes much more than immunization/travel information
A project of the Group on Immunization Education of the STFM

23. Sites for Adolescent Health
Canadian Health Network
Youth site

25. Sites for Adult Health www.healthknowledgecentral.org
Canadian Health Network ☺
PBSGL – links and tools for specific modules

26. Sites for Seniors Canadian Health Network for Senior
Agepages – National Institute on Aging

27. Test Information for Patients

28. US Sites Health Finder www.healthfinder.gov CDC www.cdc.gov
National Library of Medicine ☺
FDA

29. AAFP/STFM
Conference on Practice Improvement: Health Information and Patient Education (Formerly the Conference on Patient Education) ☺
Patient Education in Your Practice:
A Handbook for the Office Setting

30. Organizing patient education resources:
Electronic versus paper handouts
On your computer - favourites
In your EMR –example Lexi Pals
In your waiting room
subscriptions
Internet “prescriptions”
On Web sites

32. Department of FM Sites http://family.medicine.dal.ca
Go to Patient Education under the Resource section

33. Community Family Physicians Site
Just the Berries
General Public Berries

34. Having your own Web Site
Links to the Patient Education Sites you recommend

37. Patient Ed. Newsletters
It’s Your Health
Women’s Health
Healthlink an e-newsletter of the Canadian Health Network
Mayo Clinic Health Letter

38. Other resources/updates:
Medline Plus for regular updates by
Medline Plus for interactive health tutorials/videos from

39. Future Directions Pod Casts EMR and Patient Education
Interactive Sites
Role for
Self Care/decision making tools

40. Questions?
Thanks!

41. Contacts