ClinicalKey and Patient Education

Clinical Key has sent me an update about the patient education content within Clinical Key.

ClinicalKey offers access to leaflets that support hospital staff to deliver patient education in multiple languages, as well as adapted text for different populations (easy-to-read).

Patient Education materials in ClinicalKey cover conditions, procedures, drugs and behaviours and include approximately 10,000 individual leaflets. Patient Education handouts can be customised to add a custom comment and contact details for the treating professional. You can share Patient Education information with individual patients, as a printed handout or electronic pdf file and for their personal use.

How to access and customise Patient Education handouts

1. Log in to Clinical Key using your UHNM Athens username.

2. Use the search options to look for patient education content on the topic you need.

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3. The results matching your search criteria will be presented.

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4. Page down the filter options until you see the Languages filter. Select the arrow to see the languages available.

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5. Select a language if you want something other than English. The results will then be filtered by that language.

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6. Click the title to view the content of the handout. Then select the language that you want to print the handout in.

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7. Use the print options to add any contact information or additional comments. You can also alter the text size the handout will be printed in.

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8. Once you are happy with your print options, click the “Create printable PDF” button. The PDF will then be downloaded.

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9. Open the PDF to check that it is correct. The print options you added will be detailed on the first page.

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10. The handout will then be presented in the language you selected. Note that your details and the copyright information will be printed on the handout footer. You can now print out or save the PDF.

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Please be aware that Authorized Users of ClinicalKey have permission to print copies of Patient Education handouts only for personal, non-commercial use in educating patients Printed or PDF handouts can be provided to individual patients.