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How To Become An Effective Patient Educator With PhysioSage\n\n\n\nKarla Wente and Megan Lamphere are physical therapists that developed\xa0PhysioSage\xa0to provide up-to-date, widely sourced content that is interactive and easily accessible on social media.\n\n\n\nPhysioSage\u2019s mission is to create a platform for PT/PTA to become stronger patient educators in physical therapy. They provide FREE resources on their\xa0website\xa0and Instagram (@PhysioSage) which include educational content, mentorship, and continuing education.\n\n\n\nFive main values\xa0PhysioSage\xa0focuses on called \u201cSage\xa0Subjects\u201d\n\n\n\n* Clinical reflection* Teaching* Learning* Health Literacy* Patient Empowerment\n\n\n\nQUOTES\n\n\n\n9:17 \u201cIf you are more engaged in your patient care because you are positioned as a patient educator, you are going to get better patient outcomes.\u201d \u2013 KARLA\n\n\n\n12:25 \u201cHaving a patient say I learned so much, that is a reflection of the fact that I was there as an educator for them, but they\u2019re empowered now.\u201d \u2013 KARLA\n\n\n\nPARTING SHOT\n\n\n\n37:26 \u201cAsk your patients what they want on a daily basis. It might change from session to session so ask them every session what they need.\u201d \u2013 MEGAN\n\n\n\n37:43 \u201cPosition yourself as a patient educator and do that by reflecting, teaching, learning, meeting your patient where they\u2019re at and always try to empower them.\u201d \u2013 KARLA