Suddenly my farther had chest pains. The emergency has arrived, and ECG was taken. I was of course eager to learn the results immediately. “You need to study six years to understand it”, snapped the doctor. “Your GP will inform you in due time”. I was appalled. After all I had a university degree and many years working in the Health IT area. Am I really uncapable to understand the ECG readings?… Read More
Category: Deductive reasoning in health, Eductated patient, Health Literacy, holistic health knowledge, Uncategorized Tags: patients and doctors, patients and education, patients can know more about health, patients can learn about their health, patients contribution to health, patients health knowledge, patients health literacy
Continuous medical education for patients : three basic steps to succeed While watching the avalanche of articles describing the benefits of “patients’ empowerment” boosted by personal health records, mobile applications, wearable devices, etc., I am thinking about my local GP. Like many other “Hausärzte” (home doctors) in Germany he sits in his small practice with two nurses, both assuming also the role of a receptionist. One probably could find similar practices in… Read More
Category: Continuous Medical Education, Doctors, Medical education for patients, Mobile Applications, Mobile Apps, Patient Education, Patient mistrust physicians, Patients, Patients Physcians Relationships, Personal Health Record, PHR Tags: CME, continuous medical education, Continuous medical education for patients, medical education for patients, medical knowledge for patients, patients and education
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