title: Assessing learning abilities, readiness for education.
abstract: This article gives a brief description of the history of perioperative education, as well as an overview of the theories of teaching and learning. It discusses general principles of learning, factors facilitating learning, and factors hindering learning. Learning needs and interventions for special populations such as the pediatric patient, the elderly patient, and the ethnic patient are also identified and briefly discussed.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011588:Psychology, Educational