About

Background

My name is Gary Ashwal.

I have been designing patient education projects since 2006. A few years ago, I got very interested in bowel prep instructions. Can you guess how old I am?

This project is my effort to help clinics communicate more clearly with patients about colonoscopy bowel prep.

Design and Writing Services

If your bowel prep instructions need an update, I can do the full project from content review to final design. The new instructions can be produced as a PDF for printing and as a web version for easy viewing on phones.

Send your current instructions to gary@prepfolder.com for a free 15-point review of plain language, visual hierarchy, information density, etc.

Other Resources

PrepFolder.com includes other resources for your clinic:

• Use free templates to do your own redesign.
• Try these educational GIFs in emails or texts you send to patients.
• See a customizable video demo.
• See the research from my poster at DDW 2026.

Contact

If you want to learn more about this project, email gary@prepfolder.com.