On line Case Submissions: What
are They and How to Submit
Thea Moran, MD
Asst Professor
Louisiana State University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Why do online case submissions
• Relatively easy, fast
– If you can read and have computer support, you
can electronically submit
• Anybody can submit cases: medical student,
resident, fellow or staff
• Everybody wins
– ACGME credits academic effort to both
participating staff and residents
– Medical students can place on CV
– Patients like contributing
• Caters to a large audience
• Long leash for all contributors
Case in Point (CiP)
• A section of the ACR
website where
members of the
radiology community
can submit interesting
cases and readers
can review the cases
for CME credit.
• $200 honorarium per
case
How to submit a case
• Find an interesting case
• Go to ACR CiP website
and click on “Want to
Submit a Case?”
• File in the blanks
• CiP staff will email you
back whether idea was
accepted or rejected
(usually <1 mo)
• Case acceptance
doesn’t necessarily =
case posting
What to include in the write up
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Section/subsection
2-3 “take home points”
History/pertinent data
2 copies of each image
Findings
Questions
DDx
Discussion
References
Keywords
Miscellaneous info
• Case content should be in a Word document
• Images must be in JPEG format
• Once case is subjected to peer review, case is
CONSIDERED for posting
• Can submit pictures of co-contributors
• Payment processed once issued a “go live” date
– Donate to LSU Foundation vs self
• Will need to fill out individual agreement forms,
W-9 Tax forms and Conflict of Interest form
Aunt Minnie Case of the Day
(COTD)
• Section of the
AuntMinnie.com
radiology interest
website
• COTD managed by
Mark Frank, MD from
Indiana University
– Academic liason to
Aunt Minnie
• Direct communication,
fast turnaround
How to submit
• Find an interesting
case
• Directly email Dr.
Frank at
marfrank@iupui.edu
with the case idea
• He’ll get back <1 wk
at latest
What to include in the write up
• Case contributor and
institution
• ACR Code
• History, findings and
diagnosis
• DDX
• Pathologic correlation
• Disease
• Radiologic w/u and
typical findings
• 3-4 pearls
• References
Miscellaneous
• Write up should be in Microsoft Word
• Images need to be in JPEG (800x600 at
largest)
• Attach write up and all images in 1 email
• Formatting preferences:
http://education.auntminnie.com/auntminni
e/qmachine.asp?UID=AMWU0001
Thea’s suggestions for case
submissions
• Once you think you have found an
interesting case, submit to CiP FIRST
– Honorarium
• If not accepted by CiP, submit to COTD
• Keep list of cases accepted to CiP and
COTD
• LSUHSC requires signatures from
patients/representatives before releasing
info for publication
Finding “co-contributors”
• Resident research day
• Resident’s fair
– LSU, Tulane each have fairs
• Radiology interest group
• Resident radiology rotations
• Word of mouth
Turning your co-contributors loose
• Start with COTD case first
– Less of a “process”
– Quicker turnaround
– Gets feet wet
• Next, CiP
– Process is more “involved”
– Longer turnaround
Keeping your co-contributors on a
“long leash”
• Excellent forum for medical students, residents and
fellows to express themselves
– Minimal supervision needed
– Value received NOT proportionate to attending
involvement
• Gives them a feeling of ownership and responsibility
• Frees up your own time and energy while still getting
academic credit
• Don’t confuse long leash with no leash
– Be available for questions
– Check in with them at least once a week
– Read what they write