Patient Education for the 21st Century

Joseph Ternullo As a longtime health care professional, it is hard to imagine a more exciting time in health care. The innovation and pace of change is breathtaking. Before our eyes, our health care system is being deconstructed. As it is reconstructed, aided by technology, the focus of care is shifting from the provider to the person.  We have seen this evolution in the financial services sector, the transportation sector, etc.  Technology has finally come to health care.  That phenomenon will accelerate and educate patients in new ways. With this transition will be new responsibilities placed on those seeking care, new career opportunities for individuals and great leaps forward. This progress will redefine the patient-provider relationship to a partnership founded upon the principles of informed decision making and shared responsibility, guiding principles that are at the core of what the Society for Participatory Medicine stands for. This profound change will affect all aspects of health care, not the least of which is health and wellness education for the 21st century. The balance of this article presents three inevitable health education trends. Trend 1: Personal Health Project-Based Learning Beginning as early as grammar school and continuing through middle school and high school, personal health and wellness project-based learning will be mainstreamed into the classroom curriculum.   Project-based learning focuses on presenting authentic, real world problems for ...
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