Why is *patient* education taken for granted? I feel like we consider it either unimportant or simplistic. It is neither.

We're passionate about #meded & work tirelessly on scholarship & innovation. I wish we gave teaching the public the same prestige we give teaching our own.
I love @MedEdPORTAL
Where is PtEdportal
If it exists why doesn't it have the same clout?
Who is getting promoted for excellence in patient education?
"When people start making professor for patient teaching docs will begin paying attention" - @kidney_boy #meded
People want to improve pt education. Time is a barrier to actual teaching, but the barriers to making it a valuable scientific endeavor are the lack of routes to build an academic career in pt education. Where is the prestigious journal you publish pt facing research?
Nice resource from Colorado, h/t @BurgartBioethix https://patientdecisionaid.org/covid19/ 
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