PenraCourses

# Access to the platform

URL: https://www.penracourses.org.uk/

Peninsula trainees are now automatically given access as numerous assessments / courses are run via the platform.

Other uses can have accounts created on request. Please contact ross.kruger@nhs.net

If available accounts will be set up with a users @nhs.net email

# Features

## Simulation of the RCR exam formats.
This includes the ability to mimic the pratique/risr software used in the actual exam. This web based so can be accessed from anywhere.

Supported exam types
 - Physics
 - Anatomy
 - Rapids (old 2b format)
 - Shorts (new 2b format)
 - Longs

In each case exams/packets can be designed to either be "self marked" (user can take the exam and self review answers with no answer data submitted back to the platform) or "exam mode" where user answers are submitted back to the platform to be marked. The platform offers features to make marking as simple and quick as possible.

Once marked results can be published for the user to review.

Exams can be restricted to individual users or groups of users. Access can be restricted by date / time or manual activation.

Viva support is achieved via collections (see below).

Candidates for packets / exams can either be registered users of the platform or generated using a CID/Passcode (in which case no further user data need be stored on the platform, although an email address allows automatically messaging)

## Atlas
The platform supports uploading cases into a virtual "Atlas".

These cases can be categorised and tagged to allow easy retrieval via searching / other methods.

Each case can contain multiple image stacks/series. Related cases can be linked to allow display as a time series.

Cases can be viewed via the built in dicom viewer.

Images can be annotated and categorised (via finding, condition or anatomical location). It is also possible to create more complex display sets (analogous to bookmarks in Insight)

Resources (videos, pdfs, etc) can be attached to cases.


### Case Collections
Case collections are sets of cases. These can take a number of different formats that alters how they are displayed to the end user.

Once collections have been completed a user can share their results / progress with nominated supervisors.


- **Review**: 

    Cases are displayed sequentially to a user. No user input is stored. User are given predefined feedback (either after each case or at the end of the collection).

- **Report**: 

    Cases are displayed sequentially to the user. The user is able to enter a report for each case. Feedback can be given automatically (and a user self review) or the reports can be reviewed (and marked/assessed) by the collection author. Feedback can be given once the whole collection is complete or after each case.

- **Question**: 

    Cases are displayed sequentially to the user. Each case is linked to a predefined set of questions. Supported question types include
    - Text answers
    - True / False (or Yes / No)
    - Multiple choice (single or multiselect)
    - Numerical

    Each case can have multiple questions associated, these may be the same or different for each case in the series.

- **Viva**:

    Viva collections are designed to make the delivery of viva type sessions as easy as possible. This collection type allows the synchronisation of two windows. This allows one to be shared (via teams or other screen sharing software) whilst information pertinent to the case is displayed in the other window. Cases can be show as a case or series and it is possible to recreate predefined display sets.