Educational Formats
Once the Medical Advisory Board has finished reviewing a health topic, we publish it in six educational formats – three are multimedia and three are textual.
Once the Medical Advisory Board has finished reviewing a health topic, we publish it in six educational formats – three are multimedia and three are textual.
Tutorials
An X-Plain tutorial is a multimedia presentation that covers a specific health topic. Each slide displays simplified text alongside related illustrations and animations. The text is fully narrated so patients can listen and read at the same time.
The tutorial asks the patient questions during the presentation to verify understanding. If the patient answers correctly, the concept is reinforced. If the patient answers incorrectly, the tutorial explains the concept again.
Each patient can advance through the tutorial at his or her own pace. The programs maintain the patient's attention through multimedia, interactive questions, and a variety of techniques based on adult learning research.
An X-Plain tutorial is a multimedia presentation that covers a specific health topic. Each slide displays simplified text alongside related illustrations and animations. The text is fully narrated so patients can listen and read at the same time.
The tutorial asks the patient questions during the presentation to verify understanding. If the patient answers correctly, the concept is reinforced. If the patient answers incorrectly, the tutorial explains the concept again.
Each patient can advance through the tutorial at his or her own pace. The programs maintain the patient's attention through multimedia, interactive questions, and a variety of techniques based on adult learning research.
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Video Presentations
X-Plain videos are multimedia presentations that contain the same multimedia components as X-Plain tutorials, but without the interactive questions. These presentations run without user input. When needed, the patient can pause or rewind. |
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Illustrated Handouts
Illustrated handouts are PDF documents that include the text of an X-Plain tutorial but without the questions, plus selected images to illustrate concepts and instructions. The illustrated handouts use large font and short paragraphs with white space for easy reading. Click to see examples of X-Plain's illustrated handouts on Inguinal Hernia Repair and Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
Illustrated handouts are PDF documents that include the text of an X-Plain tutorial but without the questions, plus selected images to illustrate concepts and instructions. The illustrated handouts use large font and short paragraphs with white space for easy reading. Click to see examples of X-Plain's illustrated handouts on Inguinal Hernia Repair and Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
XML Database
The XML Database houses all of the textual and multimedia content of X-Plain in one database with extensive metadata, such as medical coding and keywords. The XML Database format is mostly used by our healthcare IT partners, who integrate X-Plain with their products.
The XML Database houses all of the textual and multimedia content of X-Plain in one database with extensive metadata, such as medical coding and keywords. The XML Database format is mostly used by our healthcare IT partners, who integrate X-Plain with their products.
Overviews
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Overviews provide a summary of a health topic in about 250 words. Patients find them especially useful when browsing a hospital's website on their smartphone. The overviews help them decide whether they should read the full text or run the multimedia program.
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Interactive Quizzes
An interactive quiz, also known as a test-your-knowledge quiz, asks patients approximately ten questions regarding a specific health topic. If the patient responds correctly, the quiz confirms the answer. If he or she answers incorrectly, the quiz explains the correct answer and asks the question again later. This format is ideal for health promotion purposes and for assessing patients' knowledge about their chronic diseases.
