Patient information page template: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:17, 6 August 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Charmaine Patel, M.D. [2]

The goal of the patient information page is to give a comprehensive description of the disease for a patient.
It should be written at a 5th to 8th grade reading level, and if medical terminology is used, it should be explained.
Examples of patient information pages that are good references, are the pages on Chronic stable angina here, and Pericarditis here.
Follow the format, headings, and capitalizations of letters as outlined below in the template.
Only capitalize the disease name if it is a proper noun, meaning someones name (eg, Lou-Gherig's disease, Alport syndrome, Addison's disease)
The title of the page should be: Disease name (patient information). Only the first letter of the heading is capitalized.

This section should give a brief description of the disease, and have the name of the disease in the first sentence. For an example of the overview section of a patient page, click here

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+{{CMG}} {{AE}} {{CP}}
+==Introduction==
+* The goal of the patient information page is to give a comprehensive description of the disease for a patient.
+* It should be written at a 5th to 8th grade reading level, and if medical terminology is used, it should be explained.
+* Examples of patient information pages that are good references, are the pages on Chronic stable angina [[Chronic stable angina (patient information)|here]], and Pericarditis [[Pericarditis (patient information)|here]].
+* Follow the format, headings, and capitalizations of letters as outlined below in the template.
+* Only capitalize the disease name if it is a proper noun, meaning someones name (eg, Lou-Gherig's disease, Alport syndrome, Addison's disease)
+* The title of the page should be: Disease name (patient information). Only the first letter of the heading is capitalized.
+==Overview==
+* This section should give a brief description of the disease, and have the name of the disease in the first sentence. For an example of the overview section of a patient page, click [[Pericarditis (patient information)#Overview|here]]