In our previous article titled " Engage, Educate, And Empower Patients To Implement Healthcare Literacy ", we have already discussed the need and application of patient education in disease management. We further discussed how it benefit both patient and healthcare professionals. In this section, we will discuss the key component of the patient-centered healthcare system and ways of improving them in order to deliver a better care to the patients.
Educating the educators: doctors and healthcare personnel as facilitators The word “doctor” originates from the Latin word “docēre” that means “to teach”. But unfortunately, this aspect of doctors is always overshadowed in both their education and profession. Though everywhere in clinical manuals and guidelines it mentions that a doctor must be a good communicator with patients and his families, colleagues, and social community, but in…
