For Dietitians ·
What you'll accomplish
Your patient education handouts will be genuinely personalized (right reading level, right cultural context, right food examples) in 5 minutes instead of 45. You'll walk away with a reusable system for all your common conditions.
What you'll need
Go to claude.ai. Click New chat. You'll see a chat interface with a text field at the bottom.
Start each session by describing the patient you're creating the handout for. This tells Claude how to calibrate the language, examples, and recommendations:
I'm creating a patient education handout. Patient profile:
- Age: [e.g. 58 years old]
- Condition: [e.g. Type 2 diabetes, newly diagnosed]
- Reading level target: [e.g. 6th grade: plain language, no jargon]
- Cultural background / food preferences: [e.g. Vietnamese-American, cooks traditional Vietnamese food]
- Language: [e.g. English; or request Spanish version]
- Special considerations: [e.g. fixed income, shops at Asian grocery stores]
After Claude acknowledges the profile, describe what content you need:
Create a one-page patient education handout on the carbohydrate-consistent diet for this patient. Include:
1. What carbohydrates are (one sentence, plain language)
2. Why consistency matters for blood sugar control (two sentences)
3. Target: 45g carbs per meal, 15-30g per snack
4. A list of 8 high-carb foods to be careful with, using examples from Vietnamese cuisine where possible (rice, pho noodles, sticky rice, bánh mì bread)
5. A list of 8 lower-carb alternatives or small portion options
6. One simple meal example showing a balanced plate
Format as a handout with clear headers. Avoid medical jargon.
Read every claim carefully. Check that:
Copy the finalized text from Claude. Open Canva (canva.com), find a health handout template, and paste Claude's text into the template sections. This adds professional visual design in 10 minutes, making your handout more engaging than a plain Word doc.
Low-potassium diet (CKD):
Create a low-potassium diet handout. Patient: [age], [cultural background].
Potassium target: <[mg]/day. Include: why potassium matters in CKD (1 sentence),
top 10 high-K foods to avoid with serving sizes, top 10 lower-K alternatives,
leaching instructions for potatoes if relevant. [X] grade reading level.
Carbohydrate counting (diabetes):
Create a carb-counting handout. Patient: [age, cultural background]. Target: [g] carbs per meal.
Include: what counts as a carb, not just sweets (grains, fruit, milk, starchy veg),
portion sizes for common carbs, how to use food labels. Examples from [cuisine] where possible.
DASH diet (hypertension):
Create a DASH diet handout. Patient: [age, cultural background, cooking skill].
BP goal: <130/80. Highlight: increase potassium and magnesium (fruit/veg/nuts),
reduce sodium to [target], limit alcohol. Give specific food swaps, not generic advice.
Pre-op bariatric diet:
Create a pre-bariatric surgery diet guide. Surgery date: [X weeks away].
Patient is [age], currently [diet pattern]. Include: why protein matters (muscle preservation),
2-week liquid diet protocol, approved vs. not approved foods, protein supplement options.
Keep it encouraging — this patient is anxious about the process.