Points policy
NDC Medicine's activity is based on points, also known as Coins.
Your Treasure Chest
Once you have registered, you start collecting coins in your treasure chest (a virtual bank of points), found in the Doctor Menu. Each new NDC Medicine member receives 2000 coins that will allow them to present cases and give diagnostic suggestions. While you cannot use more than what you have in your treasure chest, you can earn coins.
Prize
Each case challenge has a prize amount, defining the amount of coins given to whoever diagnoses the case correctly. It starts at 1000 coins, and grows along with the amount of suggested diagnoses.
How do I use my points?
Step 1: Smart Case Presentation
The cost of presenting a case is 1000 coins. As a peer, you do not have to use your coins to join a case discussion.
Step 2: Q&A and Discreet Diagnostic Suggestions
Asking questions that help understand the case better are free. Giving a diagnostic suggestion costs 100 coins. Those payments are added to the final prize.
Step 3: Collectively Intelligent Choice of Diagnoses
In this stage we are using AI techniques to pick the top diagnoses for testing. No coin activity occurs here.
Step 4: Testing Possible Diagnoses
Aiding to connect with an expert medical center will be free, it is a unique service NDC Medicine grants its members.
Step 5: Confirming the Right Diagnosis
The first peer who gave the right diagnosis, wins the prize- the total amount of coins collected in the case!
In an unsolved case, the prize total divides between all peers who were the first to give each diagnostic suggestion.
How do I win points?
- Being the first physician to give the right diagnosis for a case, you win the entire case prize amount.
- If a case is not solved after testing, the case prize total divides between all the peers who were the first to give each diagnostic suggestion.
- BONUS coins- NDC Medicine gives extra coins to doctors who:
- Present cases well (detailed and enriched with data).
- Ask smart questions
- Helpfully collaborate in multiple cases
These points will be added to your treasure chest when preforming these actions.
Your case can also be promoted on the site- writing a well presented case earns BONUS coins to your total prize! This encourages more doctors to participate in your case.
The coins are non-transferable between physicians in NDC Medicine. You must earn them yourself.
For any other questions regarding points policy, feel free to contact us!