Ever wished you could view e-slides from Leeds, Leeds Virtual Pathology, Recut Club, PathPresenter, RCPA / Sectra UniView (and more...)? Ever wished your e-slides could load faster? Ever wish the banner that tells you what the diagnosis is before you even see the slide was gone?
Your wish has been granted.
Introducing: Pathology E-Slide Viewer
- Pathology E-Slide viewer creates an in-Anki browser that instantly loads a slide from a link you provide. You can pan and zoom around the slides like you would naturally in your browser.
- Your next e-slide gets pre-loaded in the background while you look at the current one, saving you time when you switch cards.
- For Leeds, Recut Club, and PathPresenter you can toggle the banners to give you more screen real-estate and hide unwanted information about the case.
- For Recut club (and optionally PathPresenter) you can store your credentials with local encryption to facilitate auto-login.
Flexible Viewing
You can view the slides in multiple ways. You can have it side-by-side in a single Anki window, you can drag the window out to have the separate window to make the most of a multi monitor setup.
The Way It Works
The way it works is it creates two in-anki browser windows, one for your current slide and one with your next slide and loads both slides. Then when you move to your next slide it brings the pre-loaded browser window forwards, and loads the next one in another hidden window.
Here is how to use the add-on:
- Download the addon from anki
- Go to create a new card
- Under card type select 'pathology e-slide'
- Enter the question stem, slide URL, Diagnosis, and any Notes/Discussion/Learning points you want added beneath the answer.
- Do the Card!
Limitation: The main limitation is that this card will only work on the mac/linux/windows anki program. It won't work on mobile unfortunately (as mobile clients cannot load the add-on).
As this is a first release I am sure there will be a few bugs! If you run into any, please feel free to report them on my GitHub.
PathApprentice