The internet is not short of medical information; it is drowning in it. For a busy GP or trainee, the problem isn't finding a guideline—it's finding the right part of the guideline before the patient finishes their sentence.
We built the iatroX Knowledge Centre to solve the "tab fatigue" that plagues modern practice. It is not just another wiki; it is a structured index of clinical guidelines, management pathways, and essential medical knowledge, designed to be the fastest front door to the truth.
Here is how to use it efficiently.
What the Knowledge Centre is for
Most clinical search tools try to be everything at once. The Knowledge Centre has a specific, disciplined purpose: it is your canonical index.
It is designed for when you need to see the "shape" of a topic. You don't use it to check a single drug dose (use the BNF for that); you use it when you need to understand the management pathway for New Onset Atrial Fibrillation or review the referral criteria for Suspected Heart Failure. It aggregates the fragmented landscape of NICE CKS, SIGN, and royal college guidance into a single, navigable structure.
How to browse by topic
To prevent you from getting lost, the Knowledge Centre is built on a strict "Topic Hub → Leaf Page" principle.
- The Topic Hub: This is your starting point (e.g., Cardiology). It gives you the broad architecture of the specialty, allowing you to scan for the condition you are dealing with.
- The Leaf Page: This is the destination. Once you click through to Management of Hypertension, you arrive at a specific, focused summary. Unlike a 50-page PDF, this page is designed to answer the core clinical questions: What is the first line? When do I refer? What are the red flags?
This structure stops you from opening five different tabs to find one answer. You drill down, get the fact, and get out.
How to pair it with Q&A
The Knowledge Centre holds the "standard operating procedure," but real medicine is messy. That is why you should pair it with the Q&A Library.
- Use the Knowledge Centre when you need the standard rule (e.g., "What is the CHADS-VASc scoring criteria?").
- Use the Q&A Library when you have a nuanced application query (e.g., "Does a CHADS-VASc score of 1 in a female patient require anticoagulation?").
Think of the Knowledge Centre as your textbook and the Q&A library as your "curbside consult" with a colleague. Using them in tandem allows you to verify the official rule and then see how it applies to the grey areas of practice.
How to pair it with quiz
Reading a guideline is passive; testing yourself is active. To actually retain what you look up, you need to close the learning loop.
After you have reviewed a topic in the Knowledge Centre—say, Paediatric Asthma Steps—do not just close the browser. Go to the Quiz Landing page and fire up a 10-question mini-quiz on Respiratory Medicine.
This immediate "retrieval practice" forces your brain to encode the information you just read, moving it from your short-term working memory into your long-term clinical reflex.