A method for increasing patients' recall of information presented by doctors
- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 3 (2), 217-220
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700048558
Abstract
Synopsis Within minutes of leaving the consulting room, patients are frequently unable to recall what their doctor has told them. This paper describes a simple, practical method for increasing recall by the organization of medical information into ‘labelled’ categories. The success of this technique was demonstrated first in a laboratory experiment with volunteer subjects, and then in a naturalistic setting with general practice patients.Keywords
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