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Maximizing your Patient Education Skills (MPES): A multi-site evaluation of an innovative patient education skills training course for oncology health care professionals.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20822877     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the acceptability and relevance of the Maximizing your Patient Education Skills (MPES) course and to determine whether it significantly improved knowledge regarding patient education (PE) theory, self-assessed PE competencies, and PE skills using case based vignettes.
METHODS: 1-Group, multi-site, pre-post-intervention. Participants completed a pre-assessment (T1), participated in the 4-h MPES course, and then a 3-month post-assessment (T2). A focus group was conducted with sub-set of participants.
RESULTS: 98 (75%) of participants completed both time points. Participants were highly satisfied with MPES and found it to be relevant. Results showed that MPES had a significant impact on all of our outcome measures.
CONCLUSION: Findings from this study show that oncology HCPs knowledge of patient education theory, self-assessed competencies and skills can improve after participating in a brief problem-focused and interactive workshop.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Given the evidence that well-planned education and support can contribute to a number of positive health outcomes and the evidence that HCPs may lack the skills to teach and support patients and their families effectively, these results suggest that MPES course may be of value to oncology professionals. Efforts to further develop this course include exploring alternative funding models and using different learning platforms.
Authors:
Jennifer M Jones; Janet Papadakos; Cathy Bennett; Susan Blacker; Pamela Catton; Tamara Harth; Jane Hatton-Bauer; Krista McGrath; Farrah Schwartz; Gale Turnbull; Tara Walton; Audrey Jusko-Friedman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-09-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  Patient education and counseling     Volume:  84     ISSN:  1873-5134     ISO Abbreviation:  Patient Educ Couns     Publication Date:  2011 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-07-08     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8406280     Medline TA:  Patient Educ Couns     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  176-84     Citation Subset:  N    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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