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Patient information extends your office visit beyond the few minutes you can spend face-to-face. You can increase compliance and cooperation even further by using patient education materials in ways that help patients learn and remember more of your advice.

This is helpful information about what to look for when selecting online educational materials for your patients.

During each clinical encounter, there are moments that arise naturally as ideal "teaching moments." Here's a quick summary of how to apply the ideas to a typical patient encounter to build trust and compliance.

Your child is going home with either a gastrostomy tube (G- tube) or a gastro-jejunum tube (G-J tube) in place. You’ll need to feed your child through this tube. You were shown how to do this before your child was discharged from the hospital. This sheet will help you remember those steps at home.

Your child is going home with a gastrostomy tube (G-tube) or gastro-jejunum tube (G-J tube) in place. This sheet can help you remember how to flush your child's tube when you and your child are at home.

Your child is going home with either a G-tube or a G-J tube in place. This sheet will help you remember the steps to take for feeding your child through this tube at home.

You were given home care instructions for your child's G-tube or G-J tube before they were discharged from the hospital. This sheet can help you remember those steps when you and your child are at home.

The G-J tube sends liquid food directly to your stomach or small intestine. You have been given this tube specifically to get liquid food into your small intestine.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a large magnet, radiofrequencies, and a computer to make detailed pictures of organs and structures within the body. It is used to diagnose health problems.