Whether instructors, clinicians, or both, all health professionals educate patients, family members, colleagues, and students in the course of their careers. Health Professional as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning is a comprehensive overview of key educational concepts to enable health professionals in all fields to be more effective educators. Written by renowned educators and authors from a wide range of health backgrounds, this comprehensive text covers teaching and learning techniques as well as strategies, learning styles, and teaching plans.<BR><BR>Health Professional as Educator includes information not found in other health education textbooks, such as adult literacy, teaching and learning of motor skills, and the impact of learner characteristics on the learning process. Examples related to healthcare practice are woven throughout the text and case studies featured in each chapter demonstrate how to apply theory to practice.