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Implementation of Patient-Centered Education for Chronic-Disease Management in Uganda: An Effectiveness Study.

Trishul SiddharthanTracy RabinMaureen E CanavanFaith NassaliPhillip KirchhoffRobert KalyesubulaSteven CocaAsghar RastegarFelix Knauf
Published in: PloS one (2016)
Patient-centered medical education can improve confidence in self-management as well as satisfaction with doctor-patient communication and overall care in Uganda. Our results show that printed booklets are locally appropriate, highly acceptable and feasible to implement in an LMIC outpatient setting across socioeconomic groups.
Keyphrases
  • medical education
  • healthcare
  • quality improvement
  • randomized controlled trial
  • systematic review
  • primary care
  • case report