title: Multimedia support in preoperative patient education for radical prostatectomy: the physicians' point of view.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To systematically assess the physicians' point of view of multimedia support in preoperative patient education for radical prostatectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the view of physicians performing multimedia supported preoperative educations within a randomized controlled trial. Therein 8 physicians educated 203 patients for radical prostatectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All physicians rated multimedia supported education better than the standard procedure. Main reasons were better comprehensibility, the visual presentation, and greater ease in explaining complex issues. Objective time measurement showed no difference between both educations. The major disadvantage was the impression, that multimedia supported education lasted longer. Moreover, they had the impression that some details could be further improved. Given the choice, every physician would decide for multimedia support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physicians appreciate multimedia support in preoperative education and contrary to their impression, multimedia support does not prolong patient education. Therefore, patients and physicians likewise profit from multimedia support for education and counseling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The readiness of physicians is a possible obstacle to this improvement, as their view is a key factor for the transition to everyday routine. Therefore, our results could alleviate this possible barrier for establishing multimedia supported education in clinical routine.
authors.affiliation: Department for General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. andreas.ihrig@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ihrig
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: Christian G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hadaschik
authors.forename: Sascha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pahernik
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hohenfellner
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D019212:Multimedia; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010820:Physicians; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013997:Time Factors