Standards
Editorial policy
Every page on this site teaches something a student will one day act on. This is the standard each page is held to before it goes live, and what we refuse to publish at any price.
Who writes these pages
Bone Wizardry is built by physicians and medical students working from primary references and standard textbooks. A page begins as a specification that names the topic, the learning objectives, the questions a reader must be able to answer, and the source behind every clinical claim. Prose is written against that specification. No page is assembled from search results or from another study site.
What a page must contain before it publishes
- Learning objectives stated up front, so the reader knows what the page is for.
- An opening board style question the reader commits to before reading the explanation.
- Teaching sections that move from mechanism to consequence, not from list to list.
- Original clinical vignettes written for this site.
- A reference list where every clinical claim is traceable to a registered source.
- The name and date of the physician who reviewed it.
What we will not publish
- Real or recalled examination questions. Every vignette here is written from mechanism. We do not reproduce, paraphrase or reconstruct items from any licensing or examination board.
- An invented citation. If we cannot confirm an edition, a year, a DOI or a guideline, the reference is removed rather than guessed. One fewer reference is better than one that does not exist.
- A placeholder. Half finished pages are not published. A topic waits until it is finished.
- A diagnostic or treatment recommendation for a specific patient. This is a study resource. It does not substitute for clinical judgment.
Independence
Bone Wizardry is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any licensing or examination board, medical school or residency program. We accept no payment to feature, rank or recommend any product, service, program or institution. Nothing on this site is advertising, and no clinical content is influenced by what a reader pays.
How pages change
Medicine moves and pages follow. When a guideline is revised, when a reviewer flags an error, or when a reader reports a mistake, the page is updated and the review date is reset. Substantive corrections are logged publicly. See the corrections page for how to report an error and what happens after you do.
Bone Wizardry is a study resource, not medical advice. Nothing here substitutes for the judgment of a licensed clinician or for the guidelines your program follows. If a page disagrees with your attending, your attending is the one standing in the room.