Programmed instructional materials for patient education

Writing and designing readable patient education materials.

Functional illiteracy is a problem often overlooked by nurses. Although the average adult in the United States cannot read above the eighth-grade level, most patient education materials are written on a high-school or college reading level. If patients cannot read educational materials, then there is little hope of them using or understanding the information. Strategies for improving the readab...

Readability and patient education materials used for low-income populations.

UNLABELLED More than 90 million Americans have low levels of health literacy that may contribute to poor health outcomes. Assessment of the readability of patient education materials (PEMs) is a vital component of health education. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to describe the readability of PEMs used in community healthcare settings serving low-income populations to provide further insig...

AusWeb96-Education-Creating Effective Instructional Materials for the World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is a popular and useful instructional medium for a number of reasons. It is easily accessible, it supports flexible storage and display options, it provides a simple yet powerful publishing format and a means to incorporate multiple media elements. Interestingly, instructional effectiveness is not a proven characteristic for World Wide Web courseware and in many instances del...

Developing effective hypermedia instructional materials

The use of hypermedia as an instructional medium is growing rapidly with developments and enhancements in instructional and computing technologies. Much of the popularity of the medium is derived from its capacity to convey large amounts of information to learners in structured and associated ways which promote student centred and independent learning. Recent developments in multimedia technolo...

Instructional Innovations in Accounting Education