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Turn clinical advice into a plain-English patient handout

Create home exercise and education handouts your patients will understand and actually keep.

5 min read · Tool: ChatGPT or Claude

Patients forget most of what you tell them in a session. A clear one-page handout fixes that, and AI can write the first draft at a reading level you choose.

How to do it

  1. List the key points you want the patient to remember, in your own clinical words.
  2. Choose a reading level. Year 7 to 8 suits most adult patients.
  3. Run the prompt, then check accuracy and safety advice yourself before printing.

The prompt

Rewrite the clinical advice below as a one-page patient handout.

Topic: [e.g. managing lower back pain at home]
Key points (clinician notes):
[paste your points]

Rules:
- Reading level: about Year 7.
- Short sentences, everyday words, no jargon (or explain it in brackets).
- Sections: What's happening, What helps, What to avoid, When to call us.
- Include a 'When to seek urgent care' box with the red flags I listed.
- Warm and encouraging, never alarming.
Replace the [brackets] with your details
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Tips

  • Ask for a version in another language for multilingual patients, then have a native speaker check it.
  • Add your clinic's logo and contact details in your own template.

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