Creating a Clinical Resource with the Video Resource Type

This article covers the Content tab for a Clinical Resource that uses the Video resource type, plus the video-specific publish date. For the steps that apply to every resource type (creating the post, General Details, Related tabs, and publishing), see Creating a Clinical Resource.

Before You Start

Prepare the video first by following Preparing a Video to Be Used as a Clinical Resource. When you finish, have these ready:

• The video, uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo, and its URL.
• A complete, cleaned-up transcript.
• A featured image of at least 1280×720 (16:9), and a square (1:1) version if the automatic center crop would not look good.
• A short introduction that describes the video and encourages people to watch it.

Content Tab

1. Start a new resource by following Creating a Clinical Resource. On the Content tab, set Resource Type to Video.
2. Is this syndicated from another source? (required): Choose No or Yes. If you choose Yes, complete any additional fields that appear.
3. YouTube or Vimeo Video (required): Paste the video’s URL, including https://.
4. Video Introduction / Description (required): This text appears before the video on the page. Describe the purpose of the video and encourage people to watch it.
5. Transcript (required): Add the full-text version of the video so that its content is accessible to everyone, including people who cannot hear audio or see video. For how to create, format, and add the transcript, see Preparing a Video to Be Used as a Clinical Resource.

Set the Publish Date

For a video that is already on YouTube, the publish date of the Clinical Resource should match the date the video was uploaded to YouTube. This keeps the date shown for the resource consistent with when the video was actually released.

1. Find the upload date on YouTube. It appears just below the player beside the view count (click …more if it is collapsed), or in the Date column of the Content page in YouTube Studio.
2. In the Publish box on the right side of the page, click Edit beside Publish immediately.
3. Set the month, day, and year to match the YouTube upload date. The time can stay at its default.
4. Click OK. Confirm the date shown in the Publish box is correct before you publish or save.

Note: If you are uploading a brand-new video to YouTube today, the upload date is today’s date, so you can leave Publish immediately as is. YouTube displays dates in your local time zone, so if the date looks off by a day, use the date YouTube shows you.

Finish the Resource

Complete the General Details and Related tabs, then save, preview, and publish by following Creating a Clinical Resource.