TTUHSC El Paso Library: Internal Medicine: Patient Education

Patient Education Resources

American College of Physicians (ACP) - Patient and Interprofessional education
Developed to help patients and their families understand health conditions and facilitate communication between patients and their healthcare team.
Annals of Internal medicine - Patient Infomation
DailyMED
Drugs.com
health.gov
Johns Hopkins Medicine - Patient Education
Mayo Clinic - Patient Care & Health Information
WebMD

Databases - Patient Education

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window An ever changing and ever expanding resource for all health care professionals and students. With daily updates, the user can get trusted answers to clinical questions with easy to use digital formatting.
AccessPharmacy This link opens in a new window Students can search a broad range of pharmacy textbooks, lab tests, videos, and other curricular material related to the evolving world of pharmacy education.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window A search engine for physicians, targeting the three key research requirements, with comprehensive and trustworthy content.
epocrates+ This link opens in a new window A practical and patient centered approach to point of care, with peer reviewed content aimed at providing answers, not more questions.
Lexicomp This link opens in a new window A user friendly database offering time sensitive drug information.
MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine This link opens in a new window A collection of resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institute of Health (NIH), and other government and health related organizations.
TRIP Pro This link opens in a new window Users can search through high quality clinical evidence from a wide variety of sources.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window A popular database authored and used by physicians, with trusted evidence based information. Nearly 7,000 physicians, editors, and reviewers weed through current medical information to find the most relevant information designed to improve patient care.