Knowledge as Therapy

Rick MatsenScott Macklin

• U.W. Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

• Program for Educational Transformation through Technology

Important concepts

• The knowledgeable person will make informed choices

• Knowledge is best gained at a pace, in a place and to a depth that is comfortable and controlled by the person, not the doctor

• The internet can bring knowledge on demand to the person in their own home.

• Put the controls in the hands of the person.

What Knowledge is Best?

• Knowledge needs to be customized for the person, avoiding ‘content overload’

• Knowledge needs to be contemporary and relevant to the person’s needs

• Knowledge needs to be authoritative - “can we believe it?”

When is knowledge needed?

Our research shows that individuals with arthritis need information when:

• They are first diagnosed with arthritis

• When a new treatment becomes available

• When they are contemplating surgery

Knowledge about exercise

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Am I doing it right?

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Content and formatting

• Derived from a 12 year partnership with the Arthritis Foundation

• Especially Arthritis Answers Hotline

• And listening to patients with arthritis

Important concepts

• The knowledgeable person will make informed choices

• Knowledge is best gained at a pace, in a place and to a depth that is comfortable and controlled by the person, not the doctor

• The internet can bring knowledge on demand to the person in their own home.

• Put the controls in the hands of the person.

Mind, Body, Spirit - connected

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Thanks for a great partnership!