Research Guides: Pharmacy Students: Year 1: Patient Ed

Patient Education Materials

Resources intended for use by health care professionals to educate patients.

UpToDate Lexidrug (formerly Lexicomp) This link opens in a new window
Click on "patient education" to find 1000+ handouts for patients in English and Spanish covering common conditions, medical procedures, and RX and OTC medications. As this is a drug information resource, the medication section is very robust.
Micromedex This link opens in a new window
From the Micromedex homepage, select "CareNotes System." Search by keyword or use the tabs at the top to browse.
Languages: English & Spanish Patient education information for diseases, drugs, procedures, labs, how to, and dietary.
Languages: English & Spanish; Top 100 drugs & discharge documents: available in 13 other languages.
AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
From the AccessMedicine homepage, click on the "Patient Ed" tab to view the titles of the handouts.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
Includes patient education handouts. Run a search and select 'Content Type: Patient Education' or select the 'Patient Education' tab to browse topics.
UpToDate - Patient Education This link opens in a new window
Once inside UpToDate, click Patient Info at top right of screen.