Patient Education: More Than Telling Patients About Their Condition [2026]
This presentation will identify the barriers in communicating with patients and the elements necessary for effective education and positive patient outcomes.
**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**
Approved for 1.00 CRCE Hours.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES
Compare and contrast forces impacting health care and their relevance to patient education
Provide a rationale for the value & use of patient education
Define patient education
Identify the 4 components that comprise the patient education process
Distinguish teaching from learning and identify and discuss barriers to teaching and obstacles to learning
Provide strategies and techniques the RT should employ as a patient educator
Gain an appreciation for the role of the RT as a primary patient educator