Helping Patients Understand Pancreatic Cancer Using Animated Pancreas Patient Education With Visual Formats of Learning

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Authors

Satish Munigala · Saint Louis University

Timothy B. Gardner · Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center

Eileen M. O’Reilly · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Carlos Fernández-del Castillo · Harvard University

Andrew H. Ko · University of California, San Francisco

Douglas K. Pleskow · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Charles M. Vollmer

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer patient education using APP's visual formats of learning demonstrated a wide reach and had a significant impact on improved understanding among patients, families, and caregivers. Continued efforts should be made to provide patient resources that address health literacy, better quality of life and improved health outcomes in pancreatic cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Social Media in Health Education

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Pancreas

Volume 51, Issue 6, pp. 628-633

DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000002087

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