2. Contents
What is it?
Is it trustworthy?
What are the Pros and Cons?
What are its uses?
How is it used?
3. What is Medline Plus?
Free online resource
Created by the National Library of Medicine as a tool
for locating authoritative health information
Specific target audience is patients, as well their family
and friends
4. Is it Trustworthy?
Yes!
The National Library of Medicine is part of the National
Institute of Health.
Links are carefully selected and contain up to date
information
Medline Plus pulls articles from the Centers for Disease
Control and Preventions, American Heart Association,
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
as well as from other similar organizations
5. Pros and Cons
Pro Con
Free
Trustworthy
Easy to use
A great resource for helping
concerned patients
Geared towards patients
rather than doctors
Basic resource
Doesn’t access subscription
based resources
6. What are its Uses?
Ready Reference Questions
Tutorials
Videos
7. Ready Reference Questions
Example: What is Ehlers-
Danlos Syndrome?
Gives access to easy to
understand articles to
provide a basic
understanding of a subject
8. Tutorials
The tutorials were
created by the Patient
Education Institute and
focus on:
Symptoms, diagnosis,
and treatment of
diseases and conditions
Surgeries
Prevention and wellness
9. Videos
Medline Plus has
sections dedicated to
surgery and anatomy
Subjects range from
Angioplasty to
Vasectomies and are
arranged by topic
All videos are less than
ten years old
11. Sources
National Library Of Medicine. Medline Plus. National
Library Of Medicine, 28 May 2013. Web. 29 May 2013.
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/>.
Notes de l'éditeur
Can be accessed anywhere, at anytime, without a subscription
I was able to figure out most of the features within minutes of finding themIt is NOT web mdNot a source for in depth medical journal articles
Ready reference: quick answers. What is x? Rather than so what?Webster’s Medical Dictionary and the A.D.A.M Encyclopedia are built into the site
Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for a variety of diseases and conditions. Also learn about surgeries, prevention and wellness. Each tutorial includes animated graphics, audio and easy-to-read language.Interactive, play, or pdf
Topic:ie sports injuries, eye and vision, ect. Oldest video is from 2004Visual learners will love this