Resources for the medical professionals who diagnose illness, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications, and often serve as a patient’s principal healthcare provider.
Customizable handouts with comprehensive healthcare information available in adults, pediatrics, and medicines advisors in multiple languages. Written at an 8th-grade reading level and updated quarterly.
Provides the capability to print complete patient educational packets with information on medications, conditions, and/or procedures. This information is available in up to 19 languages - all content is in English and Spanish. Includes adult- and pediatric-specific medication leaflets available in all languages, as well as most frequently used disease, procedure, healthy living and discharge instructions available in all languages.
Provides patient education topics, including several translated into universal Spanish, that facilitate clinician-patient communication. These materials educate and promote shared decision-making based on medical evidence, clinical recommendations, and patient preference.
Describes the latest advances in health education and patients' self-management, addressing core questions such as: How can you motivate a patient to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and how can you support their self-management?
Covers relevant topics in nursing education and health promotion not often found in other texts, such as health literacy, teaching people with disabilities, the impact of gender and socioeconomics on learning, technology for teaching and learning, and the ethical, legal, and economic foundations of the educational process.
Covers more than 200 diseases, disorders, and procedures; a special section on home care procedures provides comprehensive guidance on preparing a discharge teaching plan and providing care in the home.
Madigan Library research guide containing information on using plain language, assessment instruments and toolkits, cultural and linguistic competencies, older adults, pediatrics, reports and research, and patient resources.
Library of the patient and family health education materials used at University of Washington Medical Center. Most materials contained on this site have been authored by UW Medicine clinicians and staff.
Online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health.
Microsite coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Contains information on health conditions, doctor visits, screening tests, vaccines, healthy living, and pregnancy.
Created by The Nemours Foundation, this site contains information on children's health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.
Nursing: Health Education and Improving Patient Self-Management: Intervention Mapping for Healthy Lifestyles, 2e by 
Nurse As Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice, 6e by 
Mosby's Handbook of Patient Teaching, 3e by 
