Use of a brief educational video administered by a portable video device to improve skin cancer knowledge in the outpatient transplant population.

Background: The considerably high risk of skin cancer development among transplant recipients warrants effective and efficient patient education on sun-protective behaviors.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and patient satisfaction of a brief educational video on skin cancer risks and sun-protective behaviors in the transplant population during a routine posttransplant follow-up visit, as compared with an educational handout.

Materials And Methods: One hundred posttransplant patients were randomized to receive either video or pamphlet education about skin cancer.