Purpose: The purpose of this Patient Teaching Project is to develop a patient teaching plan and create a visual teaching tool aimed at promoting health and preventing disease for a specified patient population.

State the topic you have selected for your Teaching Project.

(Please select from the list provided in the Teaching Project guidelines located in Module 4.)

Describe in detail why this is an important topic for patient education. Use evidence from the textbook, lesson or an outside scholarly source to support your rationale.

Describe, in detail, the characteristics of the population you are planning to teach with the Visual Teaching Tool.

What are some potential learning barriers for this population of learners?

(Barriers might be cultural, physical, educational, or environmental. Refer to the assigned article in the project guidelines for more information.)

Describe how you could develop your Visual Teaching Tool in a way that will address these potential barriers.

Where do you plan to utilize your Visual Teaching Tool?

(Examples: primary care clinic, health fair, school, etc…)

Will you be teaching one-on-one, in small groups, or to a large crowd?

Write three specific learning objectives your visual teaching tool will address.

Example: At the end of this education, the learner will be able to list 3 benefits of regular physical activity.

Write a paragraph describing how you could evaluate whether your visual teaching tool was successful and met the learning objectives. Consider the population’s abilities and the setting.

List any references used to create this Teaching Plan in APA format.

(Hanging indent not required.)

Remember to also use in-text citations within this document, when appropriate (Author, year).