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Publications and source records attributed to J G Thurlow.
Making and utilizing your own videos can be a great educational addition to any endoscopy department. With the types and numbers of endoscopy procedures increasing daily, new areas of patient education need to be explored to keep the patients ultimately informed. This article is meant to stimulate the imagination about what can be done to improve the effectiveness of a busy endoscopy unit in the area of patient education.
There are many pamphlets, brochures and educational videos available for use in patient teaching. This article is a listing of some of the many items available and where to obtain them.
In order for a patient to give an informed consent for a procedure, he or she needs to understand the risks, benefits and consequences of the procedure explained in layman's terms. It is frequently the responsibility of the gastroenterology nurse or associate to expand on the explanation of the gastroenterologist to be sure the patient fully understands the endoscopic procedure he or she is going to have.