Getting Your Message Across

Knowing your patient is the key to successful teaching and clear, effective health communication. Assessment provides essential information about your patient and his or her support network. Learning about your patient’s needs, concerns, preferences, and readiness to learn is important for effective communication. Assessing learning needs and readiness allows you to individualize the information for each patient.

• Communicating with Special Learning Needs
• Effective Use of Teaching Methods
• Effective Use of Audiovisual Materials
• Effective Use of Written Handouts
• Learning Assessment
• Relating Developmental Stages to Assessment and Teaching Approaches
• Health Literacy Tips