MRI Patient Education Toolkit
Educate your patients on their upcoming MRI exam to reduce anxiety and improve the in-bore experience. Our MRI patient education toolkit includes several materials to help you prepare your patients for their scan.
Patient Education Video
Download this video in your preferred language and play it on a monitor in your waiting area. After a few minutes of watching, your patients will know what to expect during their MRI exam.
Patient Meditation
Calm your patients for their MRI exam with our guided meditation. The meditation can be listened to before or during the scan.
Patient Education Poster
The poster explains what a patient can expect during their MRI exam. You can print this poster locally or you may order hard copies here.
Children’s Book
Lottie is an adventurous little lamb that loves to skateboard. But poor Lottie had an accident and may have broken her ankle. Now instead of leaping, she can only limp. Lottie is off to the hospital for an MRI scan. This engaging story explains to children what it’s like to have an MRI scan in a way they can understand. Order your hard copies of the book here.
- Download in English (pdf) 7.91 MB
- Download in German (pdf) 7.58 MB
- Download in Italian (pdf) 7.67 MB
- Download in Polish (pdf) 7.8 MB
- Download in Danish (pdf) 8.26 MB
- Download in Spanish (pdf) 7.7 MB
- Download in Finish (pdf) 8.32 MB
- Download in Turkish (pdf) 9.17 MB
- Download in Arabic (pdf) 7.65 MB
- Download in French (pdf) 1.48 MB
- Download in Portuguese (pdf) 1.53 MB
- Download in Chinese (pdf) 5.04 MB
- Download in Slovak (pdf) 7.82 MB
- Download in Dutch (pdf) 7.7 MB
- Download in Swedish (pdf) 7.72 MB
Lotti – the movie
Lottie is an adventurous little lamb. She loves to skateboard. But poor Lottie had an accident and may have broken her ankle. Now instead of leaping, she can only limp. Lottie is off to the hospital for an MRI scan. Professor Rolf Vosshenrich, M.D., and Sylvia Graupner created this engaging movie that explains to children what it’s like to have an MRI scan in a way they can understand.
Further Reading
Improving Patients’ Experience of MRI:
Why and How Reducing Stress and Anxiety in Patients May Enhance Clinical Operations
Janika Madl1,2; Susanne Bay2; Rolf Janka3
1Chair of Health Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
2Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany
3Department of Radiology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany