PathoGate.net is a platform that offers a completely new approach to teaching, training and quality assurance in pathology. The platform is highly modular and offers a rich set of features supporting your needs.
Below is a brief introduction to some of the key features relevant to content creators and admin users.
If you are not planning to create content on the platform, but just want to access the free modules, then simply join the platform and find your content on your personalized overview
The option to build your own content and start offering free or paid content to a public or limited audience will be available in second part of August.
The intuitive administrator interface allows you to build a complete pathology training course from scratch
All you need to get started is to create new training Modules, provide participant instructions, share your images, add relevant questions and invite participants
The intuitive administrator interface allows you to build a complete pathology training course from scratch
Images can be uploaded to PathoGate.net directly from your own slide repository, by transferring the image files or by linking directly to images on a webpage or similar
Whole slide or static images are uploaded or shared directly from your own slide repository
Content on PathoGate.net can be organized in My Cases or in My Modules as image collections
Image collections are suitable when collections of images are collected from a cohort of patients and can be organized in e.g., organs, subspecialties, tissue type etc. in collections in which the same diagnostic question applies to all images
Content on PathoGate.net can be organized in My Cases or in My Modules as image collections
Patient Case collections are suitable if you wish to combine clinical information with several images such as x-ray images, macro images, histology images and simulate a typical diagnostic situation
Patient Cases can combine clinical information with several images such as x-ray images, macro images, histology images etc.
PathoGate.net provides fast and precise navigation of slides in full screen viewing mode. All slides are available in full scanned resolution and the viewer provides an integrated navigator, which allows for fast navigation to other parts of the slide
PathoGate.net provides fast and precise navigation of slides in full screen viewing mode
PathoGate.net offers dual mode viewing with the ability to lock two slides for parallel zooming and panning. This feature is useful if you wish to compare your slide of interest with a reference slide
PathoGate.net provides dual mode viewing with the ability to lock two slides for parallel zooming and panning
Create training or Quality Assessment sessions in My Module and assign questions to entire image Collections or individual images in My Cases
Administrators can assign questions to images collections or cases; answers from participants can be designed as numbers, free text or multiple choice from drop down menus or checkbox lists
Create training or Quality Assessment sessions in My Module and assign questions to entire image Collections or individual images in My Cases
Administrators have access to a dashboard providing a real-time overview of the answers provided by all participants and the option to highlight significant discrepancies
Administrators have access to a real-time overview dashboard with incoming answers from all participants
Administrators control when participants can have access to the correct answers. In this example participants get access to results when they have assessed every slide in the case and submitted their results
Additional options include never show results, always show results or to show results for each image when it has been assessed
Administrators can submit the correct answer and control when participants have access to the results
Annotations can be drawn directly on the images, associated comments can be added and they can serve as instruction guide for participants or be added to solve a specific case
Administrators are able to see all participant annotations and provide feedback when necessary
Annotations can be drawn directly on the images, associated comments can be added and they can serve as instruction guide for participants or be added to solve a specific case
As an administrator you can cast content to all participants in a live session
Participants can be sent to a document, a web page, a patient case, an image or an annotation, while being able to navigate individually, answer questions or cast their own content back
As administrator you can share content by casting to all participants in a live session
The option of instant casting literally turns PathoGate.net into a multi headed microscope which allow students or colleagues to view specimen observations in real-time
The option of instant casting literally turns PathoGate.net into a multi headed microscope
