Patient Education Flashcards
Teaching
is the concept of imparting knowledge through a series of directed activities. It consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions that help individuals gain new knowledge, change attitudes, adopt new behaviors, or perform new skills.
Learning
is defined as a “conscious or unconscious permanent change in behavior as a result of a lifelong, dynamic process by which individuals acquire new knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes that can be measured and can occur at any time or in any place through exposure to environmental stimuli”
learning objectives
Use to describe the behaviors the learner will exhibit as a result of successful instruction
Cognitive learning
occurs when an individual gains information to further develop intellectual abilities, mental capacities, understanding, and thinking processes
Bloom’s taxonomy
- remember
- understand
- apply
- analyze
- evaluate
- create
Affective learning
deals with learning how to express feelings and emotions and to develop values, attitudes, and beliefs needed toward improving health
behaviors of affective learning (simple to complex)
- receiving
- responding
- valuing
- organizing
- characterizing
Psychomotor learning
involves the development of manual or physical skills, such as learning how to walk or how to type on a computer
Behaviors of psychomotor learning (simple to complex)
- fundamental
- perception
- guided response
- mechanism
- complex overt response
- adaptation
- origination
Motivation
is an internal state (e.g., an idea, emotion, or a physical need) that helps arouse, direct, and sustain human behavior.
A patient’s motivation to learn is influenced by a belief in the need to know something.
Self-efficacy
a concept included in social learning theory, refers to a person’s perceived ability to successfully complete a task.
4 sources that self-efficacy beliefs come from
- verbal persuasion
- vicarious experience
- enactive mastery experience
- psychological and affective states
Assessment
of a patient’s lifestyle, health beliefs, cultural traditions, and health practices
Communication
with an awareness of the many variations in verbal and nonverbal responses
Cultural
negotiation and compromise that encourages awareness of characteristics of a patient’s culture and one’s own biases
Establishment
of respect for a patient’s cultural beliefs and values; creating a caring rapport
Sensitivity
to how patients from diverse backgrounds perceive their care needs and the patterns of communication they use
Safety
that enables patients to feel culturally secure and avoids disempowerment of their cultural identity
attentional set
is the mental state that allows a learner to focus on and comprehend a learning activity.
health literacy
the cognitive and social skills that determine the ability of individuals to gain access to, understand, and use information in ways that promote and maintain good health.
Reinforcement
requires the use of a stimulus to increase the probability of a desired response.
learner who receives reinforcement before or after a desired learning behavior is more likely to repeat that behavior.
return demonstration
learner having the chance to practice the skill.
Analogies
supplement verbal instruction with familiar images that make complex information more real and understandable.
Teach-back
is a closed-loop communication technique that assesses patient retention of the information given during a teaching session.
