Episode 17: Providing Patient-Centered Education

<p>Have you ever had a moment where you realize that a patient did not understand what you thought you educated them on? We have! </p> <p>In this episode, we share our strategies for providing patient-centered education rather than lecturing. We’ve developed a checklist to follow:</p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Assess their current understanding</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ask permission to share your knowledge or perspective </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Identify their skepticism and response </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Break it down into chunks</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Check their interpretation  </li> </ol><p>We explain each step, how we do it, and why we do so. We’ve learned that patient-centered education is an ongoing process, especially when we're working to change a limiting belief. This strategy helps us meet people where they are and provide tailored education that’s meaningful to the individual we're working with. </p> Highlights from our conversation in Episode 17 <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">(1:12) Monika’s case example of patient “education” that went awry</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(5:17) Lecturing versus educating/counseling </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(7:18) #1 Assess their current understanding</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(9:45) Sammy’s case example of skipping step #1</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(11:07) #2 Ask permission to share your knowledge</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(13:38) #3 Identify their skepticism and response  </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(19:08) #4 Break it down into chunks</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(21:18) #5 Check their interpretation </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(23:46) The snowball of patient-centered education </li> </ul> <p>Thank you for listening to The Conscious Clinician. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review for the podcast to grow our community. Keep the conversation going by following The Conscious Clinician on <a href='http://instagram.co