Patient Health Education Materials (PHEM)
Learn more about our patient, resident and caregiver materials catalogue, and access the resources we have available.
Overview
Patient Health Education Materials (or PHEM) are documents used to inform patients, residents, caregivers, and family members about a variety of health topics.
You can read more about:
- Conditions
- Recovery instructions
- Disease management
- Tests and exam preparation
- Surgery preparation
To access the PHEM online resource catalogue:
You can search for education materials by title, category or catalogue number. Translated versions of some materials are also available.
PHEM Committee
The PHEM committee is a group of health care professionals and patient/family partners. They meet monthly to review materials used by patients, residents and families at Providence Health Care. The committee aims to ensure documents are relevant, clear, and understandable.