More than just a pamphlet: development of an innovative computer-based education program for cancer patients.
Patient Educ Couns
; 44(3): 271-81, 2001 Sep.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11553428
ABSTRACT
Patients with cancer continue to lack practical information regarding their illness and report low levels of awareness and use of patient services. The challenge to educators is to find cost-effective and timely ways to deliver a complex mix of interesting and high-quality information and expertise to this large and diverse audience, while still tailoring the content to individual needs and situations. In the present article, we describe the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) computer-based patient education program. The program is aimed toward empowering those dealing with cancer and provides comprehensive medical information and support via an interactive Intranet web site containing information about cancer (the Oncology Interactive Education Series), library resources, Internet links, information about PMH services, and a hospital calendar of events. Preliminary evaluation results have provided valuable direction for on-going program development and suggest that the program is easy to use, informative, and enjoyable for patients, families, volunteers, and health professionals.
Buscar no Google
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Educação de Pacientes como Assunto
/
Instrução por Computador
/
Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Patient Educ Couns
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá