Patient Education: Patient Education Resources

Patient education handouts as PDF's listed in alphabetical order in English, Spanish and other languages. The handouts are 3 to 5 pages in length.

Patient education information, and in addition provides a box for physicians to add notes for the patient.

Free patient education materials selected by Epocrates Medical Information physicians and pharmacists. Available as PDF's in English and Spanish languages.

The book has patient education handouts available by specialty, in alphabetical order and also includes information in both English and Spanish languages.

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

It combines images of pills with appearance and other information to enable users to visually search for and identify oral solid dosage form medications.
Once a pill has been identified, additional information is provided, including brand/generic name, ingredients, and the National Drug File identification number. Links are provided to NLM drug information resources, such as drug labels from DailyMed and the Drug Information Portal, which searches NIH and FDA drug information resources.

"The Basics" are short (1 to 3 page) articles written in plain language.The Basics articles are also available in Spanish.
"Beyond the Basics" articles are 5 to 10 pages long and more detailed than "The Basics". These articles are best for readers who want a lot of detailed information and who are comfortable with some technical medical terms.