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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is PediatricEducation.org, what populations is it intended for, and who curates it?

   Please see About Us

2. How may I participate in the Learning Collaboratory / Comment on a case / Ask a question about a case?

   If you are a Resident, Fellow, or Attending Physician practicing pediatrics - or if you are a Health Care Provider practicing pediatrics - you may participate in the Learning Collaboratory. Send us your comments or questions about specific cases posted on PediatricEducation.org by filling out the Comment Form.

   Answers to comments or questions about specific cases on PediatricEducation.org are posted in the Learning Collaboratory, in reverse chronological order.

3. How may I send comments or questions about the site?

   See our Comment Form. Please note: if you are a patient (including family members and friends), we are unable to answer your personal medical questions. Check our list of other resources that may help to answer your questions.

4. Why should I join PediatricEducation.org?

   Membership is freely open to all. Initially, becoming a member of PediatricEducation.org will allow you to receive a monthly email updating you about the site. Eventually, membership will allow you to participate more fully in the Learning Collaboratory.

5. May I link to PediatricEducation.org?

   Yes, please feel free to link to PediatricEducation.org and to publicize it.

6. How often is PediatricEducation.org updated?

   Initially we plan to add one new case each week and eventually we hope to add several new cases each week

7. How may I view cases from previous months and years?

   To review cases from previous months and years, use the calendar in the left column of the page or you may use the case archives:
   Cases by Disease
   Cases by Symptom
   Cases by Specialty
   Cases by Age
   Cases by Date
   

8. One of the links in the "To Learn More" section of a case is broken

   Web sites are reorganized on an all-too-often basis, and the location of the document being linked to may have changed. Alternatively, the document may have been replaced by a more up-to-date document. You have two options:

   1. Go to the home page of the Web site in question, and type into its search engine the title of the document you are looking for. This will hopefully locate for you the new location of the document or the new version of the document.

   2. Go to the Internet Archive and type the Web address (URL) of the document in question into its WayBack Machine search engine and see if it has an archived copy of the document.

9. Some of the information in the older cases is wrong!

   The practice of pediatrics is a dynamic process that is constantly changing and evolving. The information in each case was correct, to the best of our knowledge, on the date it was published. It is not our intention to revise older cases as the practice of pediatrics advances. Instead, please use the cases as a historical archive to see how the practice of pediatrics for a certain disease has evolved over time.

10. Do you have a flyer that I can duplicate and use to help publicise the site?

    Yes, an online version of our flyer can be found: here

11. Do you have a RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed?

    Yes, our RSS feed may be found at:
    http://www.pediatriceducation.org/xml/rss.xml

12. Do you have any mirror sites around the world?

    Yes, PediatricEducation.org is mirrored by the Widernet project, through which it is distributed to over 75 universities in the developing world.

13. How many people use PediatricEducation.org?

    2004 - 18,149 pages read (page hits) from 7,594 users (visitors). There were 27 links to the home page.

    2005 - 186,058 pages read (page hits) from 90,604 users (visitors). There were 108 links to the home page.

    2006 - 384,414 pages read (page hits) from 167,971 users (visitors).

    2007 - 407,462 pages read (page hits) from 206,038 users (visitors).

    Click here to see our overall statistics.

    Click here to see daily statistics.

14. How do you handle my personal information?

    Your personal information remains confidential and is not sold, leased, or given to any third party be they reliable or not.