What’s New

Re-edited video for streamlined case presentation. Deep venous thrombosis. Various tech updates.

Re-edited video for streamlined case presentation. Brain removal.

Curriculum guide for EMT/Paramedic, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care programs. Find under “Training” on top menu.

Curriculum guide for anatomy courses. Match lab activities with your curriculum. Find under “Training” on top menu.

Quick-link to switch from “in-room” audio to “voice-over” audio. The voice-over audio provides step-by-step explanation of the events in the video. Find this feature in the Case 1 (Parts 1 – 8). Case 1 is one of the introductory cases and shows a basic chest and abdomen autopsy.

Updated home page. Updated History page. Streamlined Anatomy Self-assessment. Various tech updates.

Updated home page. Updated and streamlined history, clinical panels, and body map pages. Expanded in-case navigation tips. Site-wide user links to directly report tech issues. Various tech updates.

Updated page-use instructions in the History. Various tech updates.

New case: Case 50. In development. Cardiac amyloidosis. Various tech updates.

New case classification to assist with educator case selection. Quick-select by symbol on the history page. Each can be classified as “low-medium-high” complexity. Each audio explanation can be classified “extensive-some-little/none.” Look for symbol key in upper right. Various tech updates.

List of Key Concepts now available when scanning cases in the History page. (View expanded Teaching Objectives by clicking below the list of Key Concepts.) Expanded topics in the Clinical Panels page. Various tech updates.

Updated Libary — short video descriptions added below each case part. Various tech updates.

Updatd Clinical panels — expanded search list with subtopics.

Updated Clinical Panels — highlighted clinical issue added below each video option. Various tech updates.

Updated, streamlined Anatomy Pin video demo. Found in the Tutorials page or above any Anatomy Pins list on a case page.

High School Educators: Field Trip activation link, streamlined case access and Parent/Guardian-Student Authorization form now available on the For Instructors page. Updated High School information page.

For Educators: Printable discussion questions. Contact us for the password. Access through the For Instructors page. Now available. Full sets of the discussion questions for Cases 1 through 4. Questions have also been revised and updated.

New take-notes-and-email option in the history. (Drag note box around page to easily match location in history.) Expandable discussion questions in each case. (Hover on questions to expanded and highlight list of questions). High School Workbooks with Teacher Edition added on the For Instructors page (General Introduction and Homicide Lab). Various tech updates.

Mix and match teaching tools and videos. Most of the activities next to the videos now can move around the page. Just click and drag on the blue box that says “Click here to move.” The page will automatically scroll when you hit the top or bottom edge of the page (just keep pushing up or down with the mouse). Like the Discussion Questions but want to see them next to a different video option? Drag them to the top beside the “Listen in” video (or to the video you prefer). Want to find what’s in the Anatomy Pin list, but do it on your own? Drag the Anatomy Pins down next to the “Draw-on” video. And so on.

New take-notes-and-email option in the history. (Drag note box around page to easily match location in history.) Expandable discussion questions in each case. (Hover on questions to expanded and highlight list of questions). High School Workbooks with Teacher Edition added on the For Instructors page (General Introduction and Homicide Lab). Various tech updates.

Update page tour with easy step-through controls. “Hop on – hop off” the tour to explore features with always-accessible tour controls. Various home page and tech updates.

Updated pages with “draw-on” version of each video. Find it under the “Interact” options (fourth option down the page). Update pages with on-page sketch option. Male, female and free-draw canvas for notes. Move the sketch around the page. Fit side-by-side with a video to draw while viewing. Find it under the “Sketch” option (fifth option down the page).

New Sketch feature. Draw, label and annotate your own sketches. Select from body diagrams or a free-draw blank canvas. Save your work. Email to yourself or colleagues. Various tech and user interface updates.

New Case: Case 49. Dedifferentiated sarcoma status post resection. History and Part 1 available. Case in development.

Case 48 complete. All parts now available.

New case: Case 48. Death during dialysis. What kidney disease is this?

Updated home page. Variuos tech updates, streamlined page interface, additional tooltips.

New:”Report a problem” feature on most pages. Find in the lower left. Click to send us a note if something on the page doesn’t seem to be working right for you. We appreciate it! Revised Anatomy Self-Check formating. Various tech updates.

Updated, quick-start instructions. Streamlined menu options. Various tech updates.

Updated: Interactive walk-through and tour of a case page.

Learn how to take a note and search for a note. Learn how to organize cases into folders for easy access anytime.

New feature. “Training: Evidence-based thinking – 2.” Expand evidence-based assessment to the entire cases. “Training: Evidence-based thinking – 1” checks your skill assesses an individual video. This next part has you focus on the history. We’ve identified an evidence-based thinking issue in the case. It’s some clinical decision or judgment where an issue with evidence-based thinking affected the case. See if you can identify the issue by studying the case history. Add the video to assess the consequences for the patient. How did an issue with evidence-based thinking affect the outcome? Was it a life-or-death impact? Decide for yourself.

Updated history formatting.

Update to the Clinical Panels page. Cases with postmortem tissue donation (skin, soft tissue, bone) added. Compare and contrast findings accross patients. Distill concepts by learning from different patients with similar issues.

New case: Case 47. This is a one-video case. The purpose is to show an anatomic variation in lung anatomy.

Training: Evidence-based thinking. Now check your thinking skills as you view selected cases. Are your conclusions evidence-based? The site will provide you with a series of statements. Many are reasonable and could apply to the case. But only a few have evidence within the case to support them. The site will check your thinking and let you know when all your conclusions are evidence-based. Give it a try here. And find the feature under “Train to view cases” on the menu.

New part to Case 26 – Dementia and nursing home fall. Part 1 showed the external exam. Now view the internal injuries. Are they what you’d expect? Compare to other cases with falls in Clinical Panels. How does the external exam correlate with the internal injuries? Do these cases change your opinion?

New feature: Train to view cases. Actively follow the case by rearranging a list of events into their correct order while you watch. Match the events in the video as they occur. Sharpen your observation skills. The site will notify you if the order of events is correct. Feature available now for Cases 1 through 4. This interactive feature will replace the “What’s inside?” list for these cases. Currently for desktop only.

New Self-Assessment feature. Access the feature from the top menu. “Drag and drop” anatomy terms to correct Pin number on list. Label the Pins on the video. The site lets you know if you got it right: Correct answers stick. Incorrect answers fly back.

Streamlined library format.

New “Teaching Objectives” listed for each case. Find the access link under each Case Title on the History page. The content is visible only to educators. The list inlcudes either background content (recommended to to help understand the case); or key learning points from the case itself. If you find a Teaching Objectives listed that you are already teaching in your course, then that’s a good video to select to supplement your course.

New interactive video feature: Short rewind. Tap or click the pin number right on the video panel. Jump back a few seconds for a short lead-in and enhanced, 3-d context. Various tech updates.

Updated For Instructors page. Site guide and example cases for varied educators — those teaching Anatomy, Pathology and Clinical Medicine Skills.

Updated history format divided into clinical sections.

Updated Anatomy page. Full index of all anatomy terms organized alphabetically. Quickly jump to videos showing the anatomy pin of interest.

Updated history with physical exam previews for each case.

Simplified search help. Let our support team assist with your search. Don’t find what you’re looking for when you search? Let us make a suggestion, point you in the right direction, or offer some alternate search terms.
Various tech updates. Revised home page.

Expanded Quick Start feature. Know what you want to do on the site? Find it on the Quick Start list and get directly to the content you want explore.

Expanded case selector. New “Quick Start” feature to assist with course goals. New to the site? Let the Quick Start feature point you to content that fits for your course goals or interest. Updated Home Page. Various tech updates.

Expanded case selector. Now also select by “Independence.” Find cases that have more or less explanation (audio explanation or discussion questions). Cases with explanatory audio and discussion questions are “Low Independence” (we guide you through the case). Cases with no or little audio or without disscussion questions are “High Independence” (it’s your patient to figure out more on your own — just like the real world.) Cases with High Independence are also indicated on the Case Page itself.

New Anatomy Pins page guide. Find the short video in the Tutorials page or on the Anatomy Pins page. Search by pin name or region/system. Search the site or individual videos. Quick-switch between search modes.

New case: Case 46 – Pacemaker and chronic back pain.

New case: Case 45 – Death during sleep.

Parts 4, 5 and 6 added. Cardiac videos.

Expanded history and new parts (2 & 3). Death during rehab.

New Case: Case 44. Longstanding urinary incontinence and frequency.

Parts 4 and 5 added to Case 43. View the results of head trauma on the external and internal brain.

New introductory video in the About page (found on the home page on mobile). Streamlined, re-edited videos from our earlier cases, notably Case 2, Case 3, Case 7 and others. Library updated to include the case history with each case. (The histories, as always, may also be found on the History page.) New anatomy pin video (Case 39 Part 6). Updated home page with added interactive features for guests to explore. Various tech updates.

Updated home page site description. Autopsy.Online now enabled for IP restriction option by specific devices. Various tech updates.

Updated home page. Expanded demo pages for guests. Various tech updates.

Streamlined anatomy pin search list. Home page updates. Various tech and interface updates.

Updated Anatomy Pins page. Format streamlined. Instructions added. Various tech updates.

Updated History search access. New note-taking function with default email-to-self. Updated home page. Updated Library “Ask” feature. Request tech or search help. Or suggest a search term. (Please allow 1 business day for responses.) Various tech updates.

Case Selector. The Case Selector is accessible only by instructors.
Find it on the top menu under the new item: “For educators,” or via the Library from the icon list on the right (bottom icon). The Case Selector divides cases by complexity to assist with course goals. New Demo Page for guests.

New writing area in each Case Part under the Educator Option. Students can answer Discussion Questions, complete assignments or in-class activities; and then send themselves a copy with a simple click of the “Send” button. An addition email address (for example, the instructor) may be CC’d. Various tech updates to assist with site use and navigation of page features.

All videos now have Portuguese subtitles. New: Case 43 – Mental status change followed by hypotension. New Library feature: Suggest a search term. Please feel free to suggest a search term if your search does not yield a result.

Educator Content added for each case. Find it on the History page. Educator content includes explanatory notes, case highlights, guidance exploring cases issues, thinking skills, and more. Available for educator subscribers. Individual subscribers may also contact us to receive access.

Interactive histology available for Institutional Groups.

New anatomy pin videos: Case 13 Part 10, Case 13 Part 11, and Case 20 Part 7.

New search-by-term feature added to Anatomy Pin page.

Update and expanded Anatomy Pin page. Expanded search categories.

The Library now functions as the site’s “central station” for all features, instead of the Hub. Mobile site updated to include Library, Body Map and History. For institutional access, each case can now access interactive video from any case page across the site. Various home page and tech updates.

All anatomy videos on the body map are now integrated with Anatomy Pins. When searching the body map for examples of normal anatomy, options will link directly to the Anatomy Pin option. Select from list of anatomy terms to the right of the video to pinpoint the region of interest. Additional Anatomy Pin videos added.

Multiple new Anatomy Pin videos. Find them all by searching the Library and selecting the Anatomy Pin option from the top box. Streamlined Body Map.

New case: Case 42. The purpose is to show a bifid xiphoid process. Case in development. Multiple anatomy pin videos added.

Updated home page format. Demo page access to view case format. Library page self-guided tour.

Multiple new Anatomy Pin videos. New tutorial videos on the Site Training page. These may also be found on YouTube by searching “autopsy.online tutorials.” (Tutorial topics: Library Database search, Body Map, Clinical History, Clinical Panels.)

Updated Library with quick access to nearly all features. Separate top menu access to My Notes. Separate page for sketch pads. Updated case pages with streamlined path between video options. Updated anatomy pin instructions. Cross-comparisons page name updated to “Human Variation.”

Updated clinical questions for each case. Each history is now accompanied by a set of clinical questions. Access by clicking the “Clinical Discussion Questions” link below each case history. There is also a new, quick-access link to go to the first part of the case and view the physical exam. Find this link also below each case history. Look for the blue button. Streamlined History and case page layouts.

New anatomy pin videos for multiple cases showing laryngeal anatomy. (Search in the Body Map. Select Anatomy. Select “Respiratory, Gastrointestinal” option. Scan the neck area.)

Streamlined case page format. Updated Hub Tour.

Links added in history for quick connection to physical exam and “Discuss” questions. Site wide update of “Discuss” questions with additional questions focusing on the history.

Selected medical records added to Case 2, Case 34 and Case 40.

Laboratory data and selected anesthesia records added to Case 8. Radiology integrated into Case 8 and Case 28.

Updated menu. FAQ’s and Site Training with tutorials provided in focused menu feature labelled “Use.”

New Ethics section added to Clinical Panels page. These cases highlight ethics issues that impacted the patient during life, and factored into the death.

New Hub Tour and Page Tour. Find this and more on the Site Training page under the Features menu.

Case pages updated for easy-scroll for each option. Click from panel of 6 at top, or scroll down to each option (“Listen in,” “Educator,” “Anatomy,” etc.).New Anatomy library option. Select the Anatomy Library from the top search box to narrow your search to cases which include interactive anatomy pins.

New Anatomy library option. Select the Anatomy Library from the top search box to narrow your search to cases which include interactive anatomy pins.

New Why page covering why the site benefits a great variety of viewers, from clinicians to pre-clinical students to anatomy students, and more.

Streamlined case page format and anatomy pin tips.

Anatomy Pin videos added for Case 40 Parts 6 and 7.

Anatomy Pin videos added for Case 40 Parts 8 through 11.

Anatomy Pin video added for Case 41 Part 2.

Anatomy Pin videos added for Case 41 Parts 3 and 4.

Streamlined Hub. Find Interactive Video under the top Features menu.

Streamlined Hub.

Updated curriculum. Streamlined Hub.

Four additional part added. The new videos cover they Y-shaped incision, neck dissection and basic cardiopulmonary assessment. In combination with the toxicology, it should now be possible to consider how to make sense of the case.

New case. Middle-aged woman with recent weight gain. Parts 1 – 4.

New features: “Milestones.” Educator version with updated interactive video that pauses along the way pause provides a list of “milestones” in the case. It’s a thinking-guide to help consider what you’ve viewed so far, and what you might wonder about next. See what you think and let us know any feedback. Currenly in Case 1 Parts 1 – 8 only [beta].

Home page updates. Addition of information for subscriber groups: High School, College, Graduate Program and Healthcare Professional.

Anatomy Pins added to Case 19 Part 6. Brain cross-sections with internal anatomy now identified via our interactive format.

“Discuss” questions for all cases completed. Some cases do not have “Discuss” questions to allow for full discovery (or when other cases have findings and processes that can be be applied to the current case.)

“Discuss” questions for all parts completed.

“Discuss” questions for all parts completed.

“Discuss” questions for all parts completed.

“Discuss” questions for all parts completed.

“Discuss” questions for all parts completed.

“Discuss” questions for all parts completed.

“Discuss” questions for all parts completed.

“Discuss” questions for all parts completed.

Updated home page. “Discuss” questions added to Case 40 Parts 1-11; and Case 39 Part 7 and 8.

New: Forensics Panels. Compare concepts across cases. New topic: Postmortem change (decomposition, livor mortis, rigor mortis, etc.). Expands prior topic of Homicide.

Case 40 – History of smoking. Remainder of case added: Parts 2-11.

Expanded suscription options to monthly and year; student, individual and group. Monthly subscribers can select from a list of cases or panels.

Created Facebook discussion group for subscribers. Subscribers can discuss case diagnoses, thoughts and tech tips.

Updated case page format for streamlined video access. Various updates.

Updated Contact us page. Streamlined radiology options.

Radiography added: Postoperative abdominopelvic CT scan – axial and coronal views. Case 8 Part 1.

Radiography added: Postoperative abdominopelvic CT scan – axial and coronal views. Case 8 Part 1.

Radiography added: TIPS procedure fluoroscopy. Case 8 Part 1.

Radiography added: angiograms and echocardiogram. Case 28 Parts 1 through 3.

Radiography added: angiograms and echocardiogram.

Short video tutorials on site use now in the Site Training page. Learn how to search for a case, use Anatomy Pins, navigate the Body Map and more.

Try this series of questions and activities to make sure you can use the main site features. Find the Skill-Check in the Hub or under the Features menu.

Visitors to the Hub and any case can view a guided tour of the page. Added an explanatory “tip” to the demo page.

Updated home page.

New case. Part 1 added. Middle aged women with past history of smoking and multiple cancers.

(Beta) New guided activities for schools and institutions. Cover anatomic and clinical skills through directed projects using site content. High school activities highlighted. Advanced topics for clinicians-in-training. Select the Curriculum/Labs page from the Features menu; or look for the new icon in the hub:

Text transcripts of audio now available in the Hub for select cases. Keep handy during interactivie video to scan and assist with audio. Closed captions available directly on video in remainder of platform. New: Cases 8, 10, 23, 27, 29, 34, 38, 39. Look for the new icon:

Streamlined home page.

Multiple site-wide tech tips added for self-guided training.

All new Anatomy Pin page. Select panels of anatomy pins by video. Preview cases by topic.

Added sitewide reminder: Cases are real, not produced. Please turn on closed captions to assist with audio. (Click [CC] in lower right of any video.)

Expanded to three parts (added one part).

Expanded to eleven parts (added six new parts).

Expanded to five parts (added three new parts).

Expanded to nine parts (added seven new parts). Updated history.

Expanded to six parts.

Added Part 8.

Added Part 3.

New Case. Parts 1 – 8. Sudden collapse in a recovering alcoholic.

Added Parts 4 through 8.

Parts 1 & 2 re-edited.

Part 10 re-edited. Case 13 Part 11 added.

Added Parts 7 and 8.

Added Parts 5 and 6.

New case: Lung mass. Parts 1 – 4.

Education Discussion List added — all parts of Case 3. Case 3 Part 11 video re-edit.

Parts 9 and 10. Added Educator Discussion List. Videos re-edited. What’s new page opened to all viewers without login.

Part 8. Added Educator Discussion List. Video re-edited.

Demo page added.

Site mobile-ready. Bookmarks page expanded to new Hub page. Hub includes text and visual-based search options, bookmarks, interactive video portal, chat feature, educator notices, etc. Many other updates and case additions.

Added external exam (updated Part 1).

Added external exam (updated Part 1).

Added external exam (updated Part 1).

Added external exam (updated Part 1).

Added external exam (updated Part 1).

Expanded with external exam and Y-shaped incision (updated Parts 1 and 2).

Added: Parts 6 through 9.

Added: Parts 4 and 5.

New case: Alcoholism and pacemaker replacement. Parts 1 through 3.

New case: Syncope. Parts 1 and 2.

Expanded to 10 parts. Educator questions added.

Added: Parts 2 through 9.

Added: Parts 6 and 7.

Added: Parts 5 and 6.

New case: Motor Vehicle Accident.

Added: Parts 2 through 4.

Added: Parts 2 through 6.

Added: Parts 2 through 6.

Added: Educator discussion list.

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New feature. Search for content grouped by clinical topic.

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Added: Educator discussion list. Updated navigation format.

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Added: Navigation explanations.
 

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Added: Educator discussion list.

New feature: List of educator discussion questions. Find case-centered discussion points and clinical questions. Explore these topics in class, select specific questions for an assignment, or just consider them guideposts as you think about the case. This feature may be found now in Cases 25 and up. More discussion questions are on the way.

Welcome to What’s New. How will you know when we’ve added content?Check here to see what’s new: a case, a feature, or something unexpected — what you expect at Autopsy.Online.