Tutorial

Rehabilitation Reference Center

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Welcome to EBSCO’s Rehabilitation Reference Center (RRC) tutorial. Rehabilitation Reference Center is a comprehensive collection of evidence-based rehabilitation information for clinicians to personalize

and print at the point of care.

Beginning with the Home Page, there are several resources available to you. The Spotlight area contains links to areas of interest in RRC. This includes easy access to Continuing Education Modules

for physical, occupational, and speech therapists. Click the Continuing Education Modules link to access a result list of all modules available to you.

Click a CE Module link in the result list to register with CINAHL, review the module, and take the test.

Health News provides links to top news stories via HealthDay news feeds. Search Other Services provides access to medical resources outside RRC. These resources might include other ESBCO

services, a hospital guideline site, or any other resources that are beneficial to staff members.

To find rehabilitation reference materials in RRC you can perform a keyword search or browse for specific content. To perform a keyword search, enter your topic in the Find field and then click

Search. RRC displays a Result List of documents that contain your search term.

The Result List items are presented on a series of tabs, sorted by source type. If clinical reviews are present for the term or terms searched, the Clinical Reviews tab is available. Click the source type tabs to view the Result List items available on each tab. To view an individual item, click the Title.

All Clinical Reviews viewed in HTML format contain embedded Table of Contents links, allowing for easy navigation within the document. From this screen you have the option to print, e-mail, or save.

RRC offers several screens where you can browse for specific document or information types. These browse screens are accessible via tabs in the RRC interface: Diseases & Conditions, Drug

Information, Patient Education, Exercise Images, and Practice Resources.

The Diseases & Conditions tab contains evidence-based clinical reviews for specific diseases, conditions, injuries, surgeries and other rehabilitation topics. Each clinical review is divided into particular sections, such as examination, for quick access at the point of care. You can browse by specifying a topic

name, or navigate all topics via the A to Z browse list. To view an item, click the title.

The Drug Information tab includes thousands of represented medicines, plus manufacturers of drug products, as well as separate drug monographs for systemic topical and EENT drug formulations.

Information on drug interactions, cautions and toxicity is included, as well as extensive dosage and methods of administration. You can browse by specifying a topic name or navigate all topics via the A to

Z browse list

The Patient Education tab provides a specific location to browse for evidence-based patient handouts. RRC patient handouts are presented in a standardized, easy-to-read format. Most patient education documents are available in Spanish, as well as English, and many contain detailed medical illustrations. You can browse by

specifying a topic name or navigate all topics via the A to Z browse list.

The Exercise Images tab contains thousands of images which demonstrate and explain each exercise. The exercise images are excellent for assisting patients with home exercise routines and as follow-

through to their visit.

The Practice Resources tab allows you to browse for information by the specific resource or guideline you require. You can browse by Clinical Reviews, Exercise Images, Research Instruments, Practice

Guidelines or Featured Books.

To obtain more precise search results when performing a keyword search, RRC offers an Advanced Search screen. The Advanced Search screen provides the capability to select specific document

types, assign limiters, and indicate publication type.

RRC offers a variety of ways to print patient rehabilitation handouts. Click the Print button on any topic screen and you’ll have the following options: Simply print the document by clicking the print button, or

personalize the document by entering patient-specific information. You can also Include an acknowledgement page for the patient to sign, acknowledging receipt of the information.

RRC includes a personal folder area where you can store search results, persistent links to searches, saved searches, and search alerts. From the folder, you can print, e-mail, or save multiple results at the same time. If you have signed in to your RRC personal account, any items you collect in your folder are

automatically saved at the end of the session.

You can also create custom folders in your personal folder area. Custom folders can be especially useful for organizing frequently accessed documents about specific medical conditions. Within each folder you can store

as many documents as you need – such as Exercise Images, Drug Information, and Practice Resources.

RRC also features shared folder functionality which allows users to invite others to share their custom folders. Invited users subscribe to a shared folder by entering a passcode that is emailed to them into

their own personal folder.

At any time, click on the Help link to view the complete online Help system.