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.