Consumer Health Minute: MedlinePlus – Test Your Knowledge

Posted by Carolyn Martin on August 1st, 2024 Posted in: Consumer Health
Tags: consumer health, MedlinePlus

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Last year, MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine resource for the public, added a new feature called “Test Your Knowledge”.

These knowledge quizzes are provided by A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia who also provides the medical encyclopedia on MedlinePlus. Where can you find them?

When viewing one of the Health Topic pages you will see what looks similar to a table-of-contents at the top of the page. See below for an example where the box is outlining where “Test Your Knowledge” is located on the webpage about Anxiety.

Clicking on “Test Your Knowledge” then takes you down the webpage to that specific section where you will see links to 2 tests.

Here the “How Well Are You Managing Stress?” is selected and you can see the beginning of the test in this next screen shot.

The quizzes are either multiple choice or true or false questions and are available on several health topic pages. They are a fun and educational way to help you be more engaged with your health and provide some information that can be discussed with a doctor.

More health information in MedlinePlus is linked to the quiz pages to provide additional information about the health topic linked to these quizzes.

It’s good to know too, that these quizzes are fully accessible and are available in Spanish language too.