Patient Education for Healthcare Providers: Online Resources

Information resources for healthcare providers to aid communication and better educate patients

Available via Carilion Clinic Health Sciences Libraries

AccessMedicine - Patient Ed
Information provided courtesy of McGraw-Hill's Postgraduate Medicine: The Practical Peer-Reviewed Journal for Primary Care Physicians.

HRSA Health Literacy
Effective Communication Tools for Healthcare Professionals: Free, online course on methods to improve patient-provider communication.
NN/LM Health Literacy
Resources from National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

healthfinder.gov
From US Department of Health & Human Services. Resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet.
KidsHealth.org: Parents
KidsHealths Parents section has doctor-approved, accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
Mayo Clinic Patient Care and Health Information
Searchable (by diseases, symptoms, tests and drugs) interface provided by Mayo Clinic.
MedlinePlus
Consumer health information from National Library of Medicine. Access to health topics, medical dictionaries, directories, publications, videos and illustrations.
UpToDate: Patient Information
Learn more about medical conditions and explore treatment options.

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