Introduction Welcome to the Orthobullets Case Log. This function is a great way to upload your personal cases and share them with your peers as a way to collaborate. What differentiates the Case function from the Post Function is that the Case function allows you to: upload more details, include preoperative and postoperative images have more sharing capabilities, including sharing with an individual by email, with a colleague category, or a group. We have modeled our system around the system used by the ABOS for the oral boards, making it so you can use this case function as a way to prepare for the oral boards. Overview of Tutorial This tutorial reviews steps of uploading a surgical case and sharing the case with others. It is broken down into the following How To sections: Add Case Information Upload Clinical Images to your Case Use PicPick screen capture to Crop Clinical Images Share your case with other Individuals by email Share your case with other Orthobullets Members Share your case with other Orthobullets Groups Post your case to a Review Topic 1. Add Case Information To upload a case, go to My Cases and click the Add Case tab. Choose whether you would like your name to appear with this case or remain anonymous if you choose to show your name, the personal information that you have selected in your privacy settings will show Type in the case demographics and click Save Case Information. the "question" is the question you would like to direct to others be sure to add an identifier that CAN NOT be used to identify a patient. (no SSN, no MRN, no name) only relevant information should be added to keep the case summary concise 2. Upload Clinical Images You can not upload clinical images until you clicked Save Case Information Important: it is illegal to upload any images with information that can identify a patient. All patient demographics must be removed from the image. Using PicPick software makes it easier to save clinical images as they appear on your screen and crop out patient information. For directions on using PicPick, see the description below. Steps to upload a clinical image Save desired clinical images to a folder on your computer. Click Choose Image and select from your computer file. Select Type (xray, MRI, etc) Select Time of Image (preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative) Type in Image Description this should more clearly describe the image type. E.g., Sagital T2 weighted image of the cervical spine. the image description will appear as a pop up when you scroll over the thumbnail. Type in Image Findings this should explain the details of the image findings. E.g., Shows 9 mm of instability on flexion and extension. 3. Using PicPrick PicPrick is an independent softwares the allows you to save a region of your screen as a JPG file. It helps one: save both axial and sagittal views on a Pacs Viewer crop out patient identifiers Steps to save a region of your screen using PicPick download PicPick screen save software PicPrick is free and we have provided a link to the download. SnagIt is another similar software, works slightly better, but is not free. open PicPrick software. left click PicPick icon in tool bar on bottom right Select Screen Capture Select Region Drag box over region of image you want to save be sure to exclude patient identifying information The PicPick Editor will automatically open. you may highlight or bring attention to a part of your clinical using the editing functions. click the Disc/Save Icon in the top left of the editor toolbar and save the image to a file on you desktops Upload using the steps listed above in Upload Clinical Images 4. Share Your Case with individuals by Email You may share your case with other individuals by email. They may or may not be Orthobullets members. Steps to share by Email click Share By Email link in top right type in email for multiple users tye a "; (semicolon)" between email addresses. type in message you would like to send. click Send Message The recipient will receive an email with a link directing them to your case. If they are not Orthobullets members, they will be able to make comments but will appear as anonymous. The email will appear as: 5. Share your Case with Orthobullets Members You can easily share your case with Orthobullets members. Steps to share with Orthobullets member click Share with Orthobullets Members link type in the name in the Search Members box type in a personal message click the Share Case button with the desired member The recipient will receive an email notification with a link directing them to your case. You will be notified by an email after they make a comment on your case. 6. Share your Case with Orthobullets Colleague Groups You can easily share your case with Orthobullets Colleague Groups Steps to Share Case with Orthobullets Colleague Groups select colleague group from drop down box you can assign your colleague to groups under the colleague function type in a personal message that will be sent by email to all members of the colleague group click the Share button The recipients will receive an email with a link directing them to your case. . 7. Post your Case to a Review Topic If you have a case that is educational and represents a good learning case you may link it to the review topic. Please only post cases that represent the "standard" in treatment. in doing so, you case will be listed at the bottom of the review topic. Steps to post a case to a topic slick Post to Topic select Speciaty in the drop down box select Topic in drop down box Once you post a case to a topic a (link icon) will appear on the case.