Welcome to the UpToDate User Academy

Welcome! Your organization has invested in UpToDate®, the leading clinical decision support resource associated with improved outcomes.

This academy is available to make it easy for you to register, access and get started with UpToDate at your organization. Check out the guides and videos designed to help you quickly learn how to get answers to your clinical questions.

For recent enhancements to UpToDate, visit the UpToDate Releases page.

If you are not sure if your organization has UpToDate, please contact your administrator or UpToDate Customer Service.

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Quick links to content categories:
Getting started  |  Searching and navigating  |  Clinical tools  |  Drug referential content and tools  |  Earning and redeeming CME and MOC  |  UpToDate Advanced

Getting started

Learn how to get started with an UpToDate account available through your organization*. Explore overview materials, and learn how to register for an account through your organization, maintain access, and use the UpToDate mobile app.
* UpToDate is available at institutions licensing UpToDate. Check with your administrator to see if your organization licenses UpToDate.
UpToDate overview
Answer questions with confidence using industry-leading clinical decision support.
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Register for an account
Get instant CME/CPD tracking, remote and mobile app access, & personalized settings.
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Maintain access
Log in to UpToDate when connected to your organization's network for uninterrupted access.
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UpToDate mobile app
Download the Mobile App for clinical decision support and CME tracking on the go. 
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Searching and navigating

Learn how to quickly and easily find answers to your clinical questions using UpToDate. In this section, learn how to conduct a search and navigate a topic.
Conduct a search
Search by disease, symptom, lab abnormality, procedure or drug.
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Navigate a topic
Find answers to your questions from 10,500+ comprehensive topic reviews across 25 specialties
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Clinical tools

Explore helpful UpToDate features and tools like graphics, calculators, patient education, and clinical updates.
Graphics
Explore 37,000+ graphics, including videos, images, tables, & algorithms.
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Calculators
Access more than 165 medical calculators, right in the workflow.
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Patient education
Engage patients with 1,500+ patient education topics, with 1,000+ in universal Spanish and Arabic. 
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Clinical updates
Explore What's New & Practice Changing UpDates to find recent updates specific to a specialty.
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Drug referential content and tools

The drug and drug interactions databases in UpToDate add another level of knowledge to clinical practice and help improve the quality and safety of care. In this section, learn how to search and navigate drug referential content, how to use the drug interactions tool, and how to utilize a hospital formulary integrated into UpToDate.
Drug database
Access more than 6,500 unique adult, pediatric, and international drug entries.
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Drug interactions
Get in-depth analysis of drug-drug, herb-drug and herb-herb interactions.
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Customized formulary
View your organization's formulary while researching a condition and deciding on a medication.
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Earning and redeeming CME and MOC

Put time spent researching clinical questions with UpToDate toward continuing professional development requirements. In this section, learn how easy it is to earn and redeem CME/CPD, and fulfill MOC/CC requirements.
Continuing Medical Education tracking
Earn and redeem CME/CPD with every clinical question researched in UpToDate.
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Fulfill ABMS and state board MOC/CC requirements
Use time spent in UpToDate to meet MOC/CC requirements of several ABMS and state boards.
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UpToDate Advanced*: Pathways and Lab Interpretation

UpToDate Pathways provide interactive guides to help you make appropriate decisions related to specific clinical questions based exclusively on content synthesized from UpToDate and the underlying evidence in society guidelines and in the literature. In cases where abnormal lab results may raise questions, Lab Interpretation monographs enable you to more quickly and accurately interpret and decide on next steps.
* Available at organizations licensing UpToDate Advanced
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Lab Interpretation overview
Use interactive clinical decision support targeted at the most common causes of unwarranted care variations.
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