Educational resources and decision aids
None of the patients described using a decision aid to guide their
decision to undergo ablation, but some recalled receiving educational
materials from their physicians. Many proactively sought educational
materials online before or after their consultation. Clinicians reported
variable practices in providing online educational resources to patients
considering ablation; one chose to share it with patients they thought
would be most receptive to the information, others wished they shared it
with everyone but struggled to routinely incorporate the materials into
their consultations. Additional barriers included language, as most
materials were only available in English, and comprehensibility to
patients with low literacy levels.