Falcon University™
Author Portal Beta
How to create a GREAT case!
General Tab
Case Title
Keep it short and meaningful!
The case title should generally be short and include the patient's age, gender and a brief description of the symptoms/pathology
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Examples:
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32y man with headaches
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67y woman with fever
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44y man after fall
Categories
Make it discoverable
Think of these as hashtags. Add as many as you think they are relevant to your case
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Examples:
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CT, Brain
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Cardiac, MRI
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Musculoskeletal
History
Get the user's attention
History is the first thing the users see. Be more descriptive and give information about the patient's medical history, etc.
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Examples:
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A 34-year-old man presenting in the emergency department after falling from 3m height.
Chapter Title
Keep it short and meaningful!
The chapter title should generally be short and can generally include the case imaging modality and reason for requesting this study.
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Examples:
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Urgent CT
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MRI of the Brain - Multiple sclerosis (?)​
Description
Give more info
Usually can give a hint to the users about the Chapter's Questions that will follow
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Examples:
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Patient underwent emergency non-contrast CT of the brain and neck. Tap on the images to enlarge.
Images
The art of good images
Upload DICOM images that are representative to the pathology you are describing. You can upload as many as 6 images per chapter and a total of 30 images per case. The app will automatically anonymize the DICOM files before they are saved to your case.
Pro Tip:
The app will automatically create a case thumbnail from the first image you upload. You can always change this thumbnail from the media tab.
Questions
Engage with our users and give them great quiz questions
Select between True/False and Multiple choice question formats.
Pro Tip:
Multiple choice questions can have up to 3 incorrect answers
True/False questions have one answer which you can set as 'Correct" or "Incorrect'
Discussion Tab
Findings
Give a recap of the case's imaging findings.
You can add a description of the image findings by modality (if more than one).
Differential Diagnosis
The differential diagnosis of the imaging findings above
List possible differential diagnoses in a bulleted list
Diagnosis
The art of good images
Give the final diagnosis here.