Patients benefit greatly from exposure to comprehensive visual aids. The more engaged a person becomes with educational material, the more they take part in their own care and drive the practice towards patient centered care.
Animations are extremely powerful education tools. The kinetics of the visual hold our attention better than a static image and some content is so complex, it can be overwhelming to see it all at once. An animation takes the viewer step by step through a story.
There is an entire field of medical illustration dedicated to medical-legal cases. It is important for jurors to understand what happened to a patient and easy to comprehend visuals are often a choice medium. Photographs can be too graphic and distracting for educational purposes.
Hanging informational posters in hospital settings allows patients to learn information that they might not encounter outside the hospital setting
PHYSICAL MODELS
Physical models allow patients to understand anatomical information in 3D. This can be extremely helpful when describing a disorder, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, where the symptoms are caused by compression of a nerve.
Successful public health announcements are crucial to maintaining a healthy population and reducing stress on the healthcare system. In order to get through to the general public, the information must be displayed in an engaging and welcoming format. The goal of this poster is to show the critical information in an almost exclusively visual format. These cartoon depictions of serious public health information allows the viewer to engage. A supplemental coloring page attracts a younger audience and allows children to passively learn about the importance of this announcement.