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The art and science of designing patient education material

The presentation covers:

• Characteristics of the 21st century patient – including literacy and numeracy
• The effectiveness of printed education material
• Five evidence-based tips for designing printed education materials to get your message understood
• Examples on how to change your own dietetic practice

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About the Presenter

Kelly is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Senior Lecturer at the University of Wollongong. Kelly is passionate about changing the way dietitians deliver dietary education to patients. Her current research interests focus on how to adapt and develop patient education materials and on the use of health literacy sensitive counselling and education techniques. She holds an NHMRC translational research fellowship to develop a new health literacy sensitive model of renal dietetic care.

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