Training the Health-Care Professional for the role of Patient and Caregiver Educator

Edelman NH , Kaplan RM , Buist AS , Cohen AB , Hoffman LA , Kleinhenz ME , et al. (Task Force on Research and Education for the Prevention and Control of Respiratory Disease.) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest 1992;102(3, Suppl):243S–256S.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Section 1. Education (PF). In: 1995 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: 189–206. Oakbrook Terrace IL: JCAHO, 1994.

Damrosch S. General strategies for motivating people to change their behavior. Nurs Clin North Am 1991;26(4):833–843.

Cote J , Golding J , Barnes G , Boulet LP . Educating the educators: how to improve teaching about asthma. Chest 1994;106(4):242S–247S.

Hartmann RA , Kochar MS . The provision of patient and family education. Patient Educ Couns 1994;24(2):101–108.

Maycock JA . Role of health professionals in patient education. Ann Rheum Dis 1991;50(Suppl 3):429–434.

Gessner BA . Adult education, the cornerstone of patient teaching. Nurs Clin North Am 1989;24(3):589–595.

Close A. Patient education: A literature review. J Adv Nurs 1988;13(2):203–213.

Kick E. Patient teaching for elders. Nurs Clin North Am 1989;24(3):681–686.

Lipetz MJ , Bussigel MN , Bannerman J , Risley B. What is wrong with patient education programs? Nurs Outlook 1990;38(4):184–189.

Hopp JW , Gerken CM . Making an educational diagnosis to improve patient education. Respir Care 1983;28(11):1456–1461.

Williams MV , Parker RM , Baker DW , Parikh NS , Pitkin K , Coates WC , Nurss JR. Inadequate functional health literacy among patients at two public hospitals. JAMA 1995;274(21):1677–1682.

Mathews PJ , Thornton L , McLean L. Reading-level scores of patient education materials and the effect of teaching special vocabulary. Respir Care 1988;33(4):245–249.

Jackson RH , Davis TC , Bairnsfather LE , George RB , Crouch MA , Gault H. Patient reading ability: an overlooked problem in health care. South Med J 1991;84(10):1172–1175.

Tolsma DD . Patient education objectives in healthy people 2000: policy and research issues. Patient Educ Couns 1993;22(10):7–14.

Green LW , Frankish CJ . Theories and principles of health education applied to asthma. Chest 1994;106(4):219S–230S.

American Association for Respiratory Care. Clinical practice guideline: providing patient and caregiver education, appendix—essentials of the teaching process. Respir Care 1996;41(8): (in press).