Subsection 1: Competencies required to provide or coordinate therapeutic patient education

Therapeutic patient education may be provided by the healthcare professionals mentioned in Books I and II and Titles I to VII of Book III of Part Four of this Code. It may be provided with the assistance of other professionals. Members of associations approved in accordance with article L. 1114-1 and organisations working in the field of health promotion, prevention or health education may participate in therapeutic patient education within…

In order to provide or coordinate therapeutic patient education, the persons referred to in articles D. 1161-1 and R. 1161-3 must have the following skills: 1° Technical skills enabling them to provide patients with useful information about their illness and treatment, and to supply the elements required for monitoring and organisation. In the case of coordination, these skills are adapted to the design of intervention and data analysis systems and…