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Clinical Key: key tools to save you time

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 Use the advanced features of Clinical Key to save you time:

Save content – save content to read later or keep a list of useful items to refer back to; save searches you need to re-run

Presentation Maker – use the presentation maker to quickly add images to a powerpoint presentation

Patient leaflets – you don’t need to start from scratch to develop information leaflets for your patients. Start by checking the bank of leaflets in Clinical Key.

Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development.

doctor in scrubs using clinical key on a computer tablet

Save Content

Save content such as clinical overviews, chapters, journal articles, images and more to collate your own easy-access library of content. You can use tags to group content together for particular projects. You can add 1 or more tags to an item.

Save useful searches to keep as a reminder or to re-run at a later date.

Click the star icon to save your content and assign or create a tag. 

screen-shot showing the star icon for items in a results list

Then view all your saved content by clicking your name and selecting Saved Content from the drop-down list. Click on the tag to view the items you saved.

an example of saved content with tags

You can select items in your saved list to print, email or add to a presentation.

To save a search, click Search History, hover over the search and then click the star icon to save it. You can view and re-run your saved searches.

list of saved searches

Presentation Maker

Create your own powerpoint presentation quickly from images within Clinical Key. You can add content from a results page straight to your presentation or you can save content and select it from there. View your presentations by clicking Presentation Maker from the drop-down box by clicking your name (top-right).

example presentation maker page showing the list of presentations

Once you have added all your content, export your presentation and a powerpoint file will be downloaded including your images as well as the reference and Clinical Key copyright statement. You can then edit your presentation.

Patient Leaflets

Clinical Key holds a bank of prepared patient leaflets. You can browse the complete collection by clicking Patient Education from the home page; or search for something specific by running a search and limiting the resource type to patient education.

Patient education leaflets are available in multiple languages. When you print a leaflet you can add your own contact details and further instructions to the patient.

example of the patient leaflet print dialog box with additional options

Access

Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff. Access it via the Health Library NHS Resources page or log in here via OpenAthens.

Watch this video for help logging in and activating your account.

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