ASA - CDC Health Promotion Program : Deep Vein Thrombosis

You can get ideas for making your own slides or PowerPoint presentations from some of the information that you have already read in this module. There are also some excellent examples on the Internet.

The Society of Hospital Medicine has some useful presentations for medical professionals (see links below). Just be aware of copyright concerns. (You can find contact information for the organization at www.hospitalmedicine.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Contact_SHM.)

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has some excellent materials on its website that could be incorporated into your PowerPoint presentations:

Below are some good examples of graphics. (Note that these materials are protected by copyright, so you will need to get permission to use them, or design your own graphics.)

When to Seek Permission to Use Educational Materials

The preponderance of resources on DVT will make it fairly easy to prepare your own materials for public awareness and education activities, although you will need to tailor the information for an older audience.

Be aware of copyright requirements. If material is copyrighted or marked with a © symbol, transmission or reproduction may require the written permission of the copyright owners. Note that some of these resources can be found on the Internet and do not have a copyright on them. However, many online resources are copyrighted, so you will need to seek permission, or obtain a license, if you wish to use them in a public format.

You can also write your own handouts. There are some samples you can use or adapt in this chapter and the prior chapter.

Or, you can provide a list of web-based references, but keep your audience in mind. How likely are they to use the Internet? A DVT education session presented in a senior center that offers computer access might be an excellent forum for showing older adults some useful websites (and perhaps sparking their interest in learning to use the Internet).