Patient education is a cornerstone of high-quality pediatric care, yet time constraints limit physicians' ability to provide comprehensive condition-specific education during clinic visits. Educational videos offer a scalable solution to enhance patient/family understanding while potentially improving clinic efficiency.
This study evaluates the effectiveness and implementation of educational videos in a newly established pediatric cardiology clinic using a stepped wedge design. The stepped wedge design is appropriate because:
* Operational feasibility: Videos will be implemented sequentially during clinic ramp-up, making simultaneous implementation impractical
* Ethical considerations: All patients eventually receive the intervention
* Statistical efficiency: The design accounts for temporal trends during clinic maturation
* Implementation science: Allows evaluation of both effectiveness and implementation outcomes
