Patient Education and the Internet Cathy MacLean November 23rd, 2006

Session Objectives To access patient education sites To assess patient education sites To develop strategies to utilize internet sites in patient care To discuss strategies for organizing patient education in your practice

Session Objectives What are your objectives?

Patient Education Resources on the Internet Information for Patients Guidelines for Internet sites Information for Physicians related to Patient Education Patient Aides and Tools Newsletters

Accessing Information on the Internet Searching- Dr. Yahoo Health MSNBC With a known URL www.alexa.com – the most popular sites

Patient Ed Resources from Journals JAMA Patient Page Subscription www.jama.com BMJ – Best Treatment http://www.besttreatments.co.uk

Getting Patient Ed pages from Medical Journals Go to: ☺ www.pubmed.gov/ Type your topic in the query box Click on the Limits tab – scroll down the page In the Type of Article menu – scroll down and click on the “patient education handout” box Move to bottom of page and hit “Go”

Assessing Internet Sites .com vs .org / .gov / and edu Example: www.patient-education.com www.mdconsult.com Canadian sites HON - Health on the Net Bookmark your favourites Those recommended by your favourite librarian ☺

Health on the Net www.hon.ch Watch for the Logo and check the logo for authenticity

General Considerations Accuracy Appropriateness Ethnicity/language choice Literacy Level Consistency Authorship/sponsorship Links Ease of use Animation/illustration

Health Literacy Issues Canadian Health Network- links www.canadian-health-network.ca/ ☺ Canadian Public Health Association Plain Language www.nlhp.cpha.ca American Sites- www.nifl.gov http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8115.html www.plainlanguage.gov

CFPC Site For Patients Section www.cfpc.ca ☺ Other resources: Rourke Well Baby Records, etc. – use the A – Z tab at the top of the page for quick reference

Health Canada Sites Canadian Health Network www.canadian-health-network.ca ☺ Just for You Healthy Living Diseases and Conditions By age categories

Health Related Agencies Canadian Cancer Society Arthritis Society Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Thyroid Foundation of Canada ….

Medical Organizations Canadian Pediatric Society www.caringforkids.cps.ca Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology www.sexualityandu.ca DoctorsNS www.doctorsns.com CMA www.cma.ca Go to Public section

A Canadian evidenced based site for office practice with great Patient Education resources: www.ices.on.ca

Provincial Sites www.healthyontario.com Nova Scotia Health Network http://www.nshealthnetwork.ca

Sites for Kids Health www.cps.ca http://www.kidshealth.org/ Canadian Health Network CMA site www.cma.ca

Immunization Information www.immunize.cpha.ca http://www.who.int/immunization/en/ Includes information in different languages www.cdc.gov Includes much more than immunization/travel information www.ImmunizationEd.org A project of the Group on Immunization Education of the STFM

Sites for Adolescent Health www.goaskalice.columbia.edu www.youngandhealthy.ca Canadian Health Network Youth site www.Sexualityandu.ca

Sites for Adult Health www.healthknowledgecentral.org Canadian Health Network www.canadian-health-network.ca ☺ PBSGL www.fmpe.org – links and tools for specific modules www.medem.com

Sites for Seniors Canadian Health Network for Senior Agepages – National Institute on Aging www.nia.nih.gov

Test Information for Patients www.labtestsonline.org www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html

US Sites Health Finder www.healthfinder.gov CDC www.cdc.gov National Library of Medicine ☺ http://health.nih.gov/ FDA www.fda.gov/cder www.altoonafp.org/analogies

AAFP/STFM www.aafp.org Conference on Practice Improvement: Health Information and Patient Education (Formerly the Conference on Patient Education) www.familydoctor.org ☺ Patient Education in Your Practice: A Handbook for the Office Setting

Organizing patient education resources: Electronic versus paper handouts On your computer - favourites In your EMR –example Lexi Pals In your waiting room Email subscriptions Internet “prescriptions” On Web sites

Department of FM Sites http://family.medicine.dal.ca Go to Patient Education under the Resource section

Community Family Physicians Site Just the Berries www.theberries.ns.ca General Public Berries

Having your own Web Site www.mydoctor.ca/drcathymaclean Links to the Patient Education Sites you recommend

Patient Ed. Newsletters It’s Your Health www.healthcanada.gc.ca/iyh Women’s Health www.womenshealthmatters.ca Healthlink an e-newsletter of the Canadian Health Network www.canadain-health-network.ca Mayo Clinic Health Letter www.mayoclnic.com

Other resources/updates: Medline Plus for regular updates by email: www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/listserv.pl?lang=EN Medline Plus for interactive health tutorials/videos from www.X-Plain.com www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html

Future Directions Pod Casts EMR and Patient Education Interactive Sites Role for Email Self Care/decision making tools

Questions? Thanks!

Contacts C.MacLean@dal.ca clfm@uwo.ca