Competency information

Details

Specify the essential components of an effective patient information/engagement strategy.

Considerations

  • The role of information in the patient journey from a service delivery perspective, including in patient safety and behaviour change.
  • The role of information in choice and shared-care from patient and professional perspectives.
  • Equity as it relates to patient information sharing and accessibility.
  • The use of technologies in health information availability.
  • How to tailor a strategic approach to health information sharing according to the needs of the intended audience.
  • The role of patients/public as providers of data and information.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 1 Outcome Critically evaluate a patient information/engagement strategy (a strategy developed by a clinical team or an organisation to provide information for or otherwise engage with a particular patient/carer group) with particular reference to how patients were included in the development and how they have used the information or other resources.