Patient Education Handout

Longitudinal Project – Patient Education Handout and Video
Description ; VACCINE:Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent(influenza)
For the longitudinal project this quarter, you are to develop a 1-page patient education
handout on a vaccine. The handout can be 1-sided or double-sided but should not exceed 1
page. The handout must include at least one image or graphic.
For this project, assume you are completing an Advance Pharmacy Experiences(APPE) rotation
at K-Town Pharmacy, an independent community pharmacy. This pharmacy has a standing
order to be able to administer vaccines to patients following the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations and the pharmacy is willing to vaccinate
patients age 8 and older. Your preceptor has asked you to develop a patient education
handout on a vaccine. This handout will be printed and used to promote vaccinations in the
pharmacy. The handout will also be posted on the pharmacy’s social media pages. It should be
visually appealing and written at an appropriate level for patients. Your preceptor has asked
you to include the following on the handout: importance of vaccination, who should get this
vaccine, and what patients can expect after receiving this vaccine. Your preceptor has
encouraged you to be creative when designing your handout but has instructed you to keep
your handout clear and concise. Further details of what your preceptor has asked you to
include on the handout are provided in the instructions below. Your preceptor, who is the
owner of the pharmacy, has also asked you to create a brief, 1-2 minute, engaging video to
educate about your vaccine and promote the pharmacy’s service of administering this vaccine
to patients. This video will be posted on the pharmacy’s social media pages to help promote
their service of vaccinations at this pharmacy.
This activity will help you develop confidence in your ability to perform the following EPA:
educate patients and professional colleagues regarding the appropriate use of medications.
Instructions
1. Review and utilize the resources below to develop your patient education handout and
video. You may also utilize additional resources.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Recommended Adult
Immunization Schedule
(https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult.html)
• Immunization Action Coalition website (https://immunize.org/)
• Package insert and/or FDA product approval for your selected vaccine
(https://www.immunize.org/fda/)

• Vaccine Information Statement for your selected vaccine
(https://immunize.org/vis/)

2. Review the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Printable Materials
(PEMAT-P) that is posted to Canvas to ensure you are developing your patient education
handout in a way that helps ensure patients understand the material.
3. Your patient education handout should include the following information:
• What infection the vaccine protects against.
• How the virus the vaccine protects against is transmitted.
• Importance of the vaccine (preventing complications of the infection the vaccine
protects against).
• Who should receive the vaccine based on the recommendations from the ACIP.
• K-Town Pharmacy immunizes patients age 8 and older; however, if the vaccine is
recommended for younger patients, you should still include the
recommendation for younger patients on your handout.
• What is the CDC recommended schedule for the vaccination.
• Who should NOT receive the vaccine based on contraindications or precautions
to the vaccine.
• What patients should expect after receiving the vaccine in terms of
selfmonitoring of potential side effects or severe reactions.
• What patients should do if they experience a severe reaction to the vaccine.
• Where patients can go to receive the vaccine – this should be specific to the
immunization service K-Town Pharmacy provides.
• At least 1 image or graphic that enhances the understandability of the handout.
• References used to develop the patient education handout cited using the AMA
Manual of Style. References may be listed in a smaller font than the rest of the
handout content.

Grading
This project is worth 10% of your grade in : Clinical Abilities Lab I. Your patient education
handout and video will be graded based upon the “Patient Education Handout and Video
Rubric” which is posted to Canvas.
Tips to Be Successful
• Utilize the resources suggested.
• Ensure you address all of the information listed in the instructions.
• Review the “Patient Education Handout and Video Rubric” that is posted to Canvas
before you start to understand the expectations of the project.
• Review the “Simply Put” document that is posted to Canvas when developing your
patient education handout to help you create an easy-to-understand handout. Below

are some additional websites that you may find helpful when putting together your
patient education handout:
o
https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/developmaterials/visual communication.htm
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o https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-
Education/Outreach/WrittenMaterialsToolkit

• After you develop your patient education handout, evaluate your handout using the
PEMAT-P to review the understandability of the handout.
• After you develop your patient education handout and video, review the “Patient
Education Handout and Video Rubric” again to ensure that you have addressed all the
information and have appropriately developed your handout and video.
• After you develop your patient education handout and video, ask for a peer review. Ask
one of your classmates to help you review these.
• Plan your time wisely and start early. Do not procrastinate. Plan to dedicate 20 minutes
to this project outside of class each week.
• Break the project into smaller tasks so it feels less overwhelming to complete. Examples
tasks to complete may include:
o Draft a bullet points of the key concepts you want to discuss. o Create a catchy
title to include at the top of your handout.
o Begin looking for visual aids that will reinforce the content and make your
handout easier to understand. o Decide what tool you want to use to make your
handout. You can use Word but could also consider other platforms such as
Canva, Photoshop, etc. o Draft how you plan to lay out the information on the
handout.
o Create the first draft of the handout. o Replace any sentences with phrases.
o Ensure section headers are short and descriptive.
o Add design elements such as arrows, bullet points, bold font, larger font, etc. to
highlight key points. o Add references. o Proofread for accuracy of the
information and grammar and spelling errors.