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10 steps to creating patient information

 Banner: 10 steps to creating patient information. Hints and tips to get you started developing your own patient information.

Need to create information for patients? 

Wondering where to start, and how to ensure the information you communicate can be understood and acted on by the patient?

Our tutorial gives hints and tips on preparing health information for your patients. You'll learn about health literacy and how you can accommodate poor health literacy to make sure that your patients are well informed and can make good healthcare decisions.

Try the tutorial now: 10 steps to creating patient information

Need more help?

You can find more etutorials on our Information Skills eTutorials page.

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