Guides: Clinical Faculty Orientation: Patient Education

Patient Education

Patient education resources and handouts are available through many of the library's electronic collections.

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Collection of textbooks covering basic and clinical sciences. Contains the latest editions of selected medical titles. Includes image and audio files, drug database, differential diagnosis, laboratory tests, guidelines and patient handouts.
Best Practice This link opens in a new window
A decision-support tool at the point of care. Latest research evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion are combined and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
Clinical Key This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 2007-present
Elsevier’s ClinicalKey gives you access to quick answers at the point of care alongside trusted, comprehensive medical evidence. It includes clinical overviews, full-text books and journals, drug information, procedure videos, clinical calculators, patient education handouts, practice guidelines, clinical trials, and MEDLINE® citations and abstracts. Physicians can earn and claim CME.
CPS Full Access This link opens in a new window
Canada's authoritative source for prescribing and managing drug therapy at the point of care, includes the e-CPS and Therapeutic Choices.
APP: The following steps are only required the first time you install the app. Go to: www.pharmacists.ca/register
1. Create an account.
2. You will receive a “welcome” email asking you to create your CPhA password—follow the instructions.
3. Once your password has been set, visit the “profile” icon located at the top right of the page and select “profile” from the dropdown menu.
4. Scroll down to the “Set Mobile Enterprise Code” section.
5. Enter the Organization Code 0064512 and set a CPS password. Click on the “Next” button.
6. Download the CPS mobile app on your device and use your email address and the password you just created to login.
DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based tool covering diseases, disorders, and symptoms—includes etiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, prevention, and drug info. For best access, use Internet Explorer 11 or the latest Firefox, Chrome, or Edge.
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
MedlinePlus, from the National Library of Medicine (NLM/NIH), offers reliable, easy-to-understand health and wellness information in English and Spanish—free of ads, accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device.
Micromedex This link opens in a new window
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Evidence-based clinical tool with drug, pediatric, disease, lab, and toxicology info, plus patient education. Mobile app offers drug data, interactions, IV compatibility, and neonatal/pediatric dosing.
Trip This link opens in a new window
A metasearch engine for evidence-based medicine. Includes guidelines.