Guide to Creating a Disease Page

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Introduction

A microchaptered page is a page with sub-chapters created for more complex diseases and syndromes. The microchapters are listed in boxes on the right side of the disease homepage, and will link to specific areas of interest pertaining to the disease. The templates listed below contain standardized language that will assist you in creating and editing your microchapters. Using templates maintains the completeness and consistency of Wikidoc pages, and allows users to have ease in navigating the site. To view and practice navigating a page with microchapters, click here to see the page on pericarditis. To view a more extensively microchaptered page, click here to see the page on chronic stable angina.

How To Create A Microchaptered Page

• First you need to search for the disease name of the page you are creating. If the page already exists, but is not microchaptered, you may create a new microchaptered page for the disease and then re-organize the old contents into a microchaptered page.
• If the disease page does not exist, you will create a new microchaptered page using the following directions. For example, if you were creating a page on jaundice that did not exist:
  • First you need to go to the page WikiDoc Disease Microchapter Template which is listed on the home page under "Advanced Editing".
  • Click on the edit tab, and copy all of the text in the edit box.
  • Type into the main wikidoc search box "template:jaundice"
  • Click on where it says "create the page template:jaundice on this Wiki".
  • Click on the edit box, and paste all of the microchapter template information into the edit box.
  • The top of the edit box has two blank boxes, the top one with binocular icons next to it, and the bottom one with red arrows next to it. In the top box put "type page name here", and in the bottom box type the name of the disease page you are creating.
  • Click save at the bottom of the edit box.
  • Click on the red arrows at the right side of the bottom box, and continue to click on it until you get to end of the edit box. This will put the disease name in all the microchapter boxes.

• Search in the Wikidoc search box for the disease name. Click on where it says "create the page jaundice on this Wiki".

• You would then type in the edit box [[Template:Jaundice]]

• Click save at the bottom of the edit box, and the main page should show the microchapters listed on the right side of the main page.

What To Put At The Top Of Every Page

• At the very top of the edit box, type in __NOTOC__. There are two underscores on each side of NOTOC.

• Then type in the microchapter template which you have created, which for jaundice would be written as [[Template:Jaundice]]

• Hit enter once.

• Then type in the template for the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. C. Michael Gibson, by typing in {{CMG}}.

Synonyms and keywords template

Overview template

Pathophysiology template

Causes template

Epidemiology and demographics template

Risk factor template

Differential diagnosis template

Natural history template

Symptoms template

Physical examination template

Medical therapy template

Surgery template