Patient information page template

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

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 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.

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 here