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All the iOS apps were discontinued after March 2018. The case lists exists in the form of "iOS case packs" playlists on the website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodbye iOS app |url=https://radiopaedia.org/blog/goodbye-ios-app |publisher=Radiopedia blog |access-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603055228/https://radiopaedia.org/blog/goodbye-ios-app |archive-date=3 June 2023}}</ref> |
All the iOS apps were discontinued after March 2018. The case lists exists in the form of "iOS case packs" playlists on the website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodbye iOS app |url=https://radiopaedia.org/blog/goodbye-ios-app |publisher=Radiopedia blog |access-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603055228/https://radiopaedia.org/blog/goodbye-ios-app |archive-date=3 June 2023}}</ref> |
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Nine out of 163 medical students surveyed in a single institution in 2019 stated that they would use a radiology app for mobile learning such as "Figure 1", "Night in the ED" and "Radiopaedia" and will be willing to pay for a radiology app.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Darras |first=Kathryn E. |last2=van Merriënboer |first2=Jeroen J. G. |last3=Toom |first3=Matthew |last4=Roberson |first4=Nathan D. |last5=de Bruin |first5=Anique B. H. |last6=Nicolaou |first6=Savvas |last7=Forster |first7=Bruce B. |date=August 2019 |title=Developing the Evidence Base for M-Learning in Undergraduate Radiology Education: Identifying Learner Preferences for Mobile Apps |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1016/j.carj.2019.03.007 |journal=Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal |language=en |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=320–326 |doi=10.1016/j.carj.2019.03.007 |issn=0846-5371}}</ref> |
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==Copyright== |
==Copyright== |
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Type of site | Wiki |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Radiopaedia Australia Pty Ltd |
| Editor | Associate Professor Frank Gaillard |
| URL | http://radiopaedia.org/ |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required to edit) |
| Launched | December 2005 |
| Current status | 16,719 articles with 56,720 cases (as of December 2023) |
Radiopaedia is a wiki-based international collaborative educational web resource containing a radiology encyclopedia and imaging case repository.[1] It is currently the largest freely available radiology related resource in the world with more than 50,000 patient cases and over 16,000 reference articles on radiology-related topics. The open edit nature of articles allows radiologists, radiology trainees, radiographers, sonographers, and other healthcare professionals interested in medical imaging to refine most content through time. An editorial board peer reviews all contributions.[2]
Radiopaedia was started as a past-time project to store radiology notes and cases online by the Australian neuroradiologist Associate Professor Frank Gaillard in December 2005, while he was a radiology resident. He later became passionate in building the website and decided to release it on the web, advocating free dissemination of knowledge.[3][4]
The domain name for radiopaedia.org was registered on 11 January 2007.[5]
The Radiopaedia.org platform and text content are owned by Radiopaedia Australia Pty Ltd, a privately held company for which Gaillard is the chief executive officer.[6] One of its investors is Investling and its revenue derives from ads, courses, and paid supporters.[7][8] For image content, contributors reserve some rights and license the content to Radiopaedia and its users under a Creative Commons license.[6]
The site was initially programmed using MediaWiki, the same program platform as Wikipedia, but now runs on a bespoke code written by TrikeApps.[9]
In 2010, almost all of the article and image collection from radswiki (a similar wiki-based radiology educational site) was donated to Radiopaedia.[10]
Its article content is currently limited to English.
Radiopaedia’s mission is "to create the best radiology reference the world has ever seen and to make it available for free, for ever, for all."[11] Its intention is to benefit the radiology community and wider society and it relies on benevolent collaborations from radiologists and others with an interest in medical imaging.
Similarly to Wikipedia, registered users of the site are allowed to freely add and edit the majority of the content. This allows content to be progressively upgraded over years and for radiologists and society, in general, to continuously refine article content through time. The site also allows registered users to maintain their own personal case library of teaching cases.[12] Rather than individually publishing articles, users are encouraged to integrate content with links to cases and journal articles and collaboratively refine content.[13] In an attempt to reduce vandalism and to peer-review content, an editorial board moderates changes to ensure that the presented material is as accurate and relevant as possible.[14] As with similar open edit sites, unreliability of content has been a concern;[citation needed] however, despite its open edit nature, it is ranked relatively high among user reviews.[15] [16]
A survey done in 2020 shows that 90% of on-call radiology trainees in the United States are using Radiopedia and StatDx as the first and second line options to help them during their work.[17] Educational benefit was also demonstrated when integrating Radiopedia-based training in medical curriculum.[18]
Radiopaedia also maintains several other educational subsites which include
The editorial team, develop as well as help users to maintain the high-quality content of the website.[14]
The current editorial board (2021) is composed of individuals from a variety of countries and includes:[19]
Editor in chief
Academic director
Community director
Editorial director
Managing editors
In 2009, the first Radiopaedia iPhone app was released. These teaching files package cases and articles for users to review and have sample questions and answers.[20]
These have been released in two forms:[21]
Teaching files for the iPad were released in mid-2010. The first of its kind. These have currently been released for
All the iOS apps were discontinued after March 2018. The case lists exists in the form of "iOS case packs" playlists on the website.[22]
Nine out of 163 medical students surveyed in a single institution in 2019 stated that they would use a radiology app for mobile learning such as "Figure 1", "Night in the ED" and "Radiopaedia" and will be willing to pay for a radiology app.[23]
Most of the content is shared under a Creative Commons non-commercial license.[1]
