So many materials, so little time: a checklist to select printed patient education materials for clinical practice.

摘要

Clinicians value printed patient education materials for use in their busy practices because of their accessibility, convenience, and low cost.1 These materials can help broach important and sensitive topics, reinforce medical information verbally discussed with the patient in a cost-effective manner, and save time typically required to explain clinical topics.1^ If a material can provide necessary information succinctly, then clinician-patient communication can be focused on other unmet patient education needs.