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Issues in Patient Education: Time Constraints

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Issues in Patient Education: Time Constraints

From the beginning of times, the sick have always patients have always been dependent

on the education provided by the doctors to enable them to take action against any ailment.

Doctors or physicians in the United States have had issues concerning patients` education, these

doctors only spend around fifteen to twenty minutes with the patients. Patients on the other hand

spend close to two hours during any visit to the doctor or physician. This disconnect of

information from the physician to the patient has brought about serious health illiteracy on the

patient`s side. The presumption has always been that low health literacy means that physician

communication is poorly understood, leading to incomplete self-health management and

responsibility and incomplete health care utilization (Paterick et al., 2017). This paper will

therefore discuss in detail theissues in patient education giving priority to the time constraints

factor in the patient education.

The time constraints factor can to a larger extent compromise both patient satisfaction

and the quality of care provided by the physicians. Time constraints are mostly seen during the

short time visits to the doctor, during short time visits the doctors are more likely to drift away

from the published guidelines on medical management. This has seen most doctors prescribe

additional medication to the patients' something considered unnecessary. However, physicians

can use the person-based approach in dealing with the short time patients` visits to the hospital or

clinic. The Person-Based approach can help to optimize interventions to maximize acceptability

and engagement (Bradbury et al., 2018).

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1 Running head: Time Constraints Issues in Patient Education: Time Constraints Name of the Student University Affiliation Course Date 2 Time Constraints Issues in Patient Education: Time Constraints From the beginning of times, the sick have always patients have always been dependent on the education provided by the doctors to enable them to take action against any ailment. Doctors or physicians in the United States have had issues concerning patients` education, these doctors only spend around fifteen to twenty minutes with the patients. Patients on the other hand spend close to two hours during any visit to the doctor or physician. This disconnect of information from the physician to the patient has brought about serious health illiteracy on the patient`s side. The presumption has always been that low health literacy means that physician communication is poorly understood, leading to incomplete self-health management and responsibility and incomplete health care utilization (Paterick et al., 2017). This paper will therefore discuss in detail theissues in patient education giving priority to the time constraints factor in the patient education. The time constraints factor can to a larger extent compromise both patient satisfaction and the quality of care provided by the physicians. Time constraints are mostly seen during the short time visits to the doctor, during short time visits the doctors are more likely to drift away from the published guidelines on medical manag ...
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