Reference no: EM133923032
Question
Marcos Sanchez, a health professional and longtime staff member on a medical unit of Midland Health Center, is concerned that this year's flu season will negatively impact his patients, including those with a high risk of complications, such as older adults who constitute most of the patients in his area of practice. In addition to promoting yearly flu shots for patients and their significant others who have not been immunized to date., Marcos has noted from speaking with patients that many individuals lack knowledge of proper hygiene to prevent them from becoming infected and spreading the illness to friends and loves ones. Some of his patients state that they "never get the flu" and that their hands are usually clean and don't need washing often. A number of clients Marcos works with have limited financial means, approximately half speak English as their primary language while the remainder have English as their second language and a few are non-English speakers, and the majority of individuals have completed at least some level of high school education. Because Marcos has limited time with each patient, he wants to supplement his verbal hygiene education with instructional materials to prepare this clients for the upcoming flu season.
The three major variables to help make the appropriate choice of instructional materials are: characteristics of the learner, characteristics of the medium, and characteristics of the task.
1. What are the characteristics of Marcos's patients that must be taken into account when planning for patient education?
2. What behavioral objectives will guide his selection of instructional materials?
3. Which three types of instructional materials would like benefit his patients?
4. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each type identified in Question 3.