Changes in life style, stimulated through planned education intervention by the professionals in health care system, can be obtained, do have an impact, and are absolutely essential (Simond, 1974). This has of course resulted in the various Health Education Programmes of the Ministry of Health Malaysia. The burden of bringing about this change should not only be the responsibility of the genera...

a survey on nurses clinical problems in patient education     vahedian azimi a [1] *, payami bosari m [2] , gohari moghaddam k [3]    received: 26 jan, 2011 accepted: 19 apr, 2011   abstract  background & aims: patient education is one of the most fundamental roles of nurses. it has a significant impact on prevention and treatment of many diseases. it is necessary to recognize barriers and reso...

background: despite the great body of knowledge on the effects of patient education, it has not been institutionalized in hospital settings. a collective effort was implemented to establish sustainable patient education in the clinical care of neurosurgical patients in a university hospital in arak through an action research in 2011-2012. this article shares a part of experiences and knowledge ...

Medical education has witnessed the adoption of several teaching strategies over the years. There has been a shift from didactic teaching to more active methods. Currently, the flipped classroom is being implemented as a technology-enhanced teaching intervention. Here, learners are gifted with preparatory material prior to a class session through video or audio form, with class time spent probl...

conclusions the effectiveness of nursing education on self-care behaviour of hf patients was clearly demonstrated. methodological differences in development and implementation of education programs, made the comparison between the results of the studies difficult. results the findings of the reviewed studies showed that self-care behaviour of patients who received nursing education improved sig...

Background: Emergency department congestion is among the major barriers to receiving nursing care for high-priority conditions, like ischemic heart disease. Therefore, it can affect patients’ satisfaction with the quality of care. This study aimed to investigate satisfaction with emergency care among patients with ischemic heart disease. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 600...

BACKGROUND The related literatures revealed that there is a lack of effective patient/family education in the health care centers. Several studies indicate that patients, while getting discharged from hospitals, receive insufficient information about their illness and self-care. AIMS The purpose of the study was to explore the factors influencing patient education from the perspectives of nur...

Nearly half a century ago, Lowell T. Coggeshall recommended, through what has come to be known as the Coggeshall Report, that physician education-medical school (or undergraduate medical education [UME]), residency training (or graduate medical education [GME]), and continuing medical education (CME)-be "planned and provided as a continuum." While the dream of a true continuum remains unfulfill...