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'''Onlinepathology''' is a wiki | '''Onlinepathology''' is a wiki-based pathology knowledge base. The audience is anyone that wants to know more about pathology. | ||
An effort is made to formulate things so that the public at large, medical students and other physicians can gain greater insight into the fascinating world of pathology. | An effort is made to formulate things so that the public at large, medical students and other physicians can gain greater insight into the fascinating world of pathology. | ||
==Motivation== | ==Motivation== | ||
Imagine a world in which pathology knowledge is accessible to every person on the planet with an internet connection. | |||
The philosophy here is deliver the goods straight and give a [[differential diagnosis|differential]] and images or at least links to some. Tables are considered highly desirable and decision trees useful. Dense text is seen as a weakness. | |||
The task taken up here is no small one and it is challenging as [[pathologist]]s not only often disagree on whether a certain feature is present, but also frequently on whether it important or even relevant to the diagnosis! | |||
The task taken up here is no small one and it is challenging as [[pathologist]]s not only often disagree on whether a certain feature is present, but also on whether it important or even relevant to the diagnosis! | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
This project grew out the need to pass [[FRCPC|an exam]] and a realization that nuggets of wisdom scribbled down on a piece of paper are never to be found when needed most. | This project grew out the need to pass [[FRCPC|an exam]] and a realization that nuggets of wisdom scribbled down on a piece of paper are never to be found when needed most. | ||
The finding little bits of information thing, in a pile of it, was a problem where the solution was already out there (it is called a database), and some guys had already made a really niffy interface using PHP, and then built one of the biggest damn web sites out there ([[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]). Thus | The finding little bits of information thing, in a pile of it, was a problem where the solution was already out there (it is called a database), and some guys had already made a really niffy interface using PHP, and then built one of the biggest damn web sites out there ([[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]). Thus, the software that runs Wikipedia, was the obvious choice. | ||
[[User:Michael|The guy that started it]] passed [[FRCPC|that exam]] and then [[DABP|another one]]. Then, he realized the wiki is sort of useful... but could get even [[Editing Onlinepathology|better with the help of others]]. | |||
===Milestones=== | ===Milestones=== |
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