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Resources for staff and clinicians to use and interpret with their patients and patient's families.

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Find patient care handouts for before and after surgery.
Your Surgery Journey - Patient Guide provides information and resources for patients related to the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Care Pathway and helps patients prepare for surgery by explaining the patient’s role in the ERAS Care Pathway.
Your Surgery Journey Video Series contains 14 videos with excellent information on preparing for surgery and the patient’s role in the ERAS Care Pathway: Introduction, Pre-Admission clinic, Getting ready at home, Day of surgery, Anesthesia and pain control, the Operating room, Recovery room, your Hospital room, Managing pain and nausea, Eating and moving after surgery, Breathe easy, and Back home.
Decision Points About Surgery includes links to a wide variety of procedures and includes an interactive tool for each procedure to help guide a patient's decision regarding surgery.

American College of Surgeons
In-depth patient information on specific surgical procedures.

AHS-reviewed and Alberta-optimized patient teaching handouts are available within Connect Care and at MyHealth.Alberta.ca/handouts. Within Connect Care, educational handouts are about care instructions related to various medical conditions, treatments, medications, before and after care as well as brief general info. These can be favorited by HCPs for future quick access, personalized with some specific instructions to a patient and then added to the After Visit Summary.

Lippincott, DynaMed, and Lexidrug offer additional sources of patient information, which you may consider using to support your patient's information needs. Use your clinical judgment when deciding if one of these supplementary sources is right for your patient. In DynaMed, use the search box to find a relevant topic, and use the left side navigation to select the "Patient Information" heading. In Lippincott Advisor, see the "Patient Teaching Handouts" section and in Lexidrug you'll find a "Patient Education" tab in the top menu.

See our related FAQ - What source should I use for patient education materials?

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