(CHS 487) Health Education in Health Services

This includes an overview of principles and challenges in patient education and the health settings where patient education can be delivered- hospitals: inpatients- outpatients- emergency, rehabilitation centers, primary health care centers, and how to overcome obstacles in patient education. Patient education process, planning, implementing, evaluating and documentation. Designing patient education guide. Patient counseling. Psychological impact of chronic diseases. Patient compliance, self regulatory mechanism, care seeking behavior, and coping behavior, Consumer movement, patients’ Pill rights, JCAHO standards for patient education.