Tip: UpToDate can be a valuable resource in medical education.

Tip: UpToDate can be a valuable resource in medical education.

Did you know that UpToDate increases medical knowledge for medical students, nurses and even patients? We encourage you to adopt UpToDate as a valuable resource for medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, and all members of your care team. Use UpToDate as an effective way to encourage informed decision-making and improved outcomes.

UpToDate is a valuable resource in all stages of medical education and training:

95% of residents report UpToDate was the most effective resource for learning.¹
20 minutes a day reading UpToDate was associated with an increase in IM-ITE scores comparable to an entire year of residency.²
Use of clinical decision support resources like UpToDate was associated with improved scores on Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Examinations (IM-MOCE).³
99% of trainee subscribers say they would recommend UpToDate to a colleague.⁴

UpToDate is equally valuable in the education of nurses and the patients for whom they care.

The nursing team at Swedish Medical Group, a large ambulatory care group in Seattle, WA, standardized on UpToDate as a way to educate nurses and patients to achieve quality-based outcomes. Nurse Educator, Shirley Vacante, RN, BSN, offers these tips on how nurses use UpToDate to support best practices in a clinic:

Research topics to answer patient questions properly
Share Patient Information to enable better patient participation in care plans
Verify and confirm medication and dosage information
Use UpToDate guidelines for creating care plans

For more in-depth information on the benefits of UpToDate across departments, watch the “UpToDate Throughout Your Care Team” webinar.

1 Edson RS, Beckman TJ, West CP, Aronowitz PB, Badgett RG, Feldstein DA, Henderson MC, Kolars JC, McDonald FS. A multi-institutional survey of internal medicine residents' learning habits. Med Teach. 2010;32(9):773-5.

2 McDonald, F, Zeger, SC, Kolars, JC. Factors Associated with Medical Knowledge Acquisition During Internal Medicine Residency J Gen Intern Med 2007. Using UpToDate for 20 minutes a day was associated with a comparable increase in IM-ITE scores as an entire year of residency.

3 Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 2012: Relationship of Electronic Medical Knowledge Resource Use and Practice Characteristics with Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Examination Scores

4. UpToDate Individual Subscriber Survey, 2012. (N=1,558)