Patient Teaching Plan visual tool

Patient Teaching Plan

HEALTH TOPIC

ANSWER

State the topic you have selected for your Teaching Project.

(Please select from the list provided in the Teaching Project guidelines located in Module 4.)

Describe in detail why this is an important topic for patient education. Use evidence from the textbook, lesson or an outside scholarly source to support your rationale.

The topic I decided to select for my Teaching Project is Depression.

Depression is one of the common diseases that have killed many people, especially older people. Therefore, teaching about this topic will be very important to most of the people as they will be able to understand what is it, how they acquire, and how they can prevent it. Depression is very common to the older adults and thus, the community should assume it and treat it as a usual way of ageing among the adults (National Institute on Aging, 2017). Only a few people open up about this kind of disease and discuss their health status and symptoms with healthcare providers (Lyness, 2019).

This topic is also significant to the patients when they get educated about depression as it will help in addressing the early signs and symptoms of depression. This will help in controlling depression at early stages to prevent other dangerous results such as suicides, poor quality of life to those affected individuals and different associated physical prognoses especially if the person has been in medical conditions.

POPULATION

ANSWER

Describe, in detail, the characteristics of the population you are planning to teach with the Visual Teaching Tool.

The population I will focus on is when teaching with visual teaching planning is the older people. Most of the focus is precisely those who are under nursing care services and are suffering from depression due to various reasons.

BARRIERS

ANSWER

What are some potential learning barriers for this population of learners?

(Barriers might be cultural, physical, educational, or environmental. Refer to the assigned article in the project guidelines for more information.)

During the teaching planning and learning process, several potential barriers can hinder the process among the population. Educational barriers are one of the common barrier that will hinder learning. This is because most of the adults did not get enough education; therefore during the teaching process, they will need to be interpreted in their vernacular languages. Physical factors such as poor eyesight, hearing problems, and other physical disabilities are among other barriers to learning.

Describe how you could develop your Visual Teaching Tool in a way that will address these potential barriers.

Since adult learning is a complex and challenging process (Ahmad & Paul, 2017), in my Visual Teaching tools, I will use different forms to address the problem. For example, I will use photos to depict the results of depression. I will also add some video and audio to make it clear for those even who have eyesight problems and also stimulate their minds.

SETTING

ANSWER

Where do you plan to utilise your Visual Teaching Tool?

(Examples: primary care clinic, health fair, school, etc…)

I will use or utilise my visual teaching tool mostly in the Nursing care centres. This is because most of the individuals who have depression are being taken care off in the centres.

Will you be teaching one-on-one, in small groups, or to a large crowd?

I will be focusing on small groups since most of them may have different disabilities and other barriers. Therefore, regrouping them into small groups and teach them. Also, I will conduct one-one teaching for those individuals who have some physical challenges.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

ANSWER

Write three specific learning objectives. Your visual teaching tool will address.

Example: At the end of this education, the learner will be able to list 3 benefits of regular physical activity.

1. At the end of the teaching, the learner will be able to identify early symptoms of depression.

2. At the end of this education, the learner will have a higher chance to have a better quality of life and improve his or her ability to prevent depression.

3. At the end of this education, the learner will understand the importance of coping with stress to avoid depression.

EVALUATION

ANSWER

Write a paragraph describing how you could evaluate whether your visual teaching tool was successful and met the learning objectives. Consider the population’s abilities and the setting.

To ensure that the teaching process is successful, after the teaching process, I will ask them things what they have learned from the teaching. I may also ask questions to see if they have understood the teaching process.

This will help me to know if the teaching plan and method used was able to produce the required insights in understanding the topic.

REFERENCES

ANSWER

List any references used to create this Teaching Plan in APA format.

(Hanging indent not required.)

Remember to also use in-text citations within this document, when appropriate (Author, year).

National Institute on Aging. (2017). Depression and Older Adults. Retrieved from https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/depression-and-older-adults

Lyness, J. M. (2019). Patient education: Depression in adults (Beyond the Basics). Retrieved from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/depression-in-adults-beyond-the-basics

Ahmad, F. K., & Paul, M. C. (2017). Learning Strategies and Audio-Visual Aids used in Adult Education in India: A Historical Overview. Transcience, 8(2), 11-39. Retrieved from https://www2.hu-berlin.de/transcience/Vol8_No2_11_39.pdf

NR305_W4_Patient Teaching Plan Form Rev. 8/2018 KC 1