UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical resource that provides expert reviews on clinical topics and additional resources such as patient education, drug interactions, and various health calculators. UpToDate is one of the most trusted brands in healthcare, providing key clinical and drug information at the point of care, and advanced technologies to educate and engage patients.
Before using UpToDate, you will need to create an account. This account will be created the first time you log in. When you click the link to access UpToDate, you will be prompted to login using your Widener username and password.
After submitting the survey you may be asked to accept terms and conditions to use the product. You should see a "success" message after successfully registering your account.
The main search bar for UpToDate is your access point for reviews and summaries published by UpToDate and their editors. You can perform a single topic search for all information in this resource.
Results can be filtered by adult, pediatric, patient information, and graphics using the top menu of the search results interface.
UpToDate has additional search tools under the main search bar on the resource's homepage. These include a drug interaction checker, a search filtered only for patient education resources, and a variety of calculators that can be searched using keywords.