Education Strategies and Techniques Flashcards
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When setting SMART goals with a diabetes patient, the 'T' component requires that goals are:
Answer: Time-bound with a specific target date
In SMART goal-setting, 'T' stands for Time-bound, meaning the goal includes a specific deadline for achievement.
A patient with diabetes and comorbid depression is struggling to engage in self-management. The diabetes educator's BEST action is to:
Answer: Screen for depression using a validated tool and coordinate care with behavioral health
Depression screening and collaborative care with behavioral health is the evidence-based approach when psychosocial barriers affect diabetes self-management.
Which educational strategy is MOST appropriate for teaching carbohydrate counting to a visual learner?
Answer: Using food models, portion charts, and color-coded reference cards
Visual learners benefit most from visual tools like food models, charts, and color-coded materials that represent portion sizes and carbohydrate content.
Peer support groups in diabetes education are MOST effective when they:
Answer: Facilitate shared experiences, problem-solving, and social support among people with diabetes
Peer support groups derive their effectiveness from shared lived experience, mutual problem-solving, and social connection among people with similar challenges.
When applying behavior change theory, 'self-efficacy' in the context of diabetes education refers to:
Answer: A patient's belief in their ability to perform specific diabetes self-care behaviors
Self-efficacy, central to Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory, is the individual's belief in their own capability to execute specific behaviors.
A diabetes educator is evaluating the effectiveness of a group education program. Which outcome measure BEST reflects behavioral change?
Answer: Frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose as reported by patients
Behavioral outcomes such as frequency of SMBG directly measure whether patients are practicing self-care behaviors, which is the goal of diabetes education.
The 'Ask-Tell-Ask' communication technique in diabetes education is used to:
Answer: Elicit patient knowledge, provide targeted information, and confirm understanding
Ask-Tell-Ask involves asking what the patient already knows, telling only what's needed, and asking again to confirm comprehension.