title: Teaching aids for patients diagnosed with choroidal melanoma.
abstract: Patients who are diagnosed with choroidal melanoma are frequently devastated and overwhelmed. Simple and creative teaching aids including photographs, visual fields, eye models with clay tumors, actual prostheses, business cards, post-operative teaching sheets, and an example of a support book are discussed as methods to assist in patient teaching.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Servodidio
mesh_terms: D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000592:standards*