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Updates and improvements
Everything we've shipped to BoardPal, newest first.
Nov 1 to 7 · 23 fixes
7Nov · Sat
Play: open parties up top, Cup card knows when it ends
Fixed- Fixed
The Cup card no longer shows Rejoin after the show ends. more ▾less ▴
Once tonight's Nightingale's Cup ends, its card now says so and no longer shows Rejoin.
Live Match: read the why, tap Next together
Fixed- Fixed
Type It accepts 12-20 for 12 to 20, and 3 for three. more ▾less ▴
Type It now accepts numbers however you write them: 12-20 counts the same as 12 to 20, and 3 the same as three. The same number without its unit (30 for 30 mL/hr) shows as close, so you can tap I was right.
Resetting your study plan keeps your exam date
Fixed- Fixed
A reset no longer changes your exam date. more ▾less ▴
Resetting your study plan used to clear your exam date, so the new plan quietly used a date 90 days away instead of the one you chose. A reset now keeps your exam date. If this already happened to you, your Study Plan shows a card with your earlier date: tap it to switch back, and everything you have ticked off stays done.
Play: tidier frames and a 1v1 tag
Fixed- Fixed
Frames fit your picture neatly. more ▾less ▴
Photo frames now sit neatly around your picture: they no longer spill onto names or labels, and your photo fills the frame without a gap.
- Fixed
6Nov · Fri
Play: Quick match against a live student, music and quick chat
Fixed- Fixed
Play screens: centred title, tidier Nightly lobby, clearer Quiz Show wording. more ▾less ▴
The game title now sits in the middle of the top bar on party and Nightly Show screens, the Nightly Show lobby no longer stacks players' level numbers on top of each other, and the Quiz Show description now says that everyone answers and faster right answers score more.
Lung-clot clot-buster card names both versions
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The lung-clot clot-buster card now names both versions of the surgery rule. more ▾less ▴
The flashcard on alteplase for a pulmonary embolism now asks for the one history item every source treats as a firm bar, a recent hemorrhagic stroke, and notes that books grade recent surgery differently. The matching practice question's explanation gets the same note overnight.
Two cram sheets now name both versions too
Fixed- Fixed
Two cram sheets now show both versions where the IMCI charts and disaster plans differ. more ▾less ▴
The Immunization, Maternal & Child Health & Nutrition sheet (page 15) now shows where the 2014 and 2019 WHO young-infant charts differ: fever is 37.5 °C on one and 38 °C on the other, and fast breathing alone at 7 to 59 days means very severe disease on the older chart but pneumonia on the newer one. The Environmental Health, Disaster & Records sheet (page 8) now notes that RA 10121 files early warning and hazard maps under preparedness while the NDRRMP files them under prevention and mitigation. Your highlights and notes stay where you left them.
IMCI, disaster and stroke cards name both versions
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Five flashcards and three IMCI questions now name both versions where sources differ. more ▾less ▴
Where the books, charts and laws disagree, five flashcards now say so instead of picking one quietly. The young-infant IMCI cards teach the signs the 2014 and 2019 WHO charts share, and name each chart's fever line and fast-breathing rule. The disaster preparedness card follows RA 10121's own list and notes where the NDRRMP files early warning and hazard mapping. The stroke clot-buster card asks about active internal bleeding, the one bar no source softens. Three IMCI practice question explanations get the same update overnight.
Flashcards no longer give the answer away by comparison
Fixed- Fixed
77 flashcards that gave their answer away by comparison now test the fact. more ▾less ▴
77 flashcards printed the opposite of their own answer, or the other half of a pair, right next to the blank. One example: "brain death is the ___ loss … whereas a coma keeps some function and can recover". You could fill them in without knowing the topic. Each one now tests the fact itself, and the comparison moved to the note under the answer or became a "which one?" card that teaches both sides.
Capillary refill now matches on two more cram sheets
Fixed- Fixed
Capillary refill now reads 2 seconds or longer on two more sheets. more ▾less ▴
The Musculoskeletal compartment-syndrome picture and two spots on the Critical Care sheet (the circulation row on page 2 and the shock picture) now say a capillary refill of 2 seconds or longer is delayed, matching the rest of BoardPal. Nothing else on those pages moved, so your highlights stay put.
Eight flashcards and one cram sheet line corrected against the books
Fixed- Fixed
Stroke drug card: recent surgery is a relative, not absolute, bar. more ▾less ▴
A stroke card now teaches that recent major surgery is a relative reason to hold the clot-dissolving drug (weighed with a stroke expert), while active internal bleeding rules it out. It used to call surgery an absolute bar.
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Referral, teen-clinic and family-care-plan cards follow the official sources. more ▾less ▴
Referral and community cards now follow the official wording: the DOH uniform referral form's sections, the five qualities of adolescent-friendly health services, and the four qualities Maglaya asks of a family-care-plan objective.
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Musculoskeletal cram sheet: capillary refill now under 2 seconds. more ▾less ▴
On the Musculoskeletal cram sheet, normal capillary refill now reads under 2 seconds, matching the flashcards and practice questions. Nothing else on the page moved, so your highlights stay put.
Ten flashcard decks read again, seventy-seven cards sharpened
Fixed- Fixed
Seven flashcards corrected against their sources. more ▾less ▴
Seven cards were corrected against their sources: a GIDA needs both a physical and a socio-economic barrier; the UHC Act's own term is health care provider network; an unstable referral needs a trained health worker as escort; VAP is its own label, not a kind of HAP (two cards); the PTSD stressor includes serious injury and sexual violence, and dissociation is not required; and in a two-way referral the client comes back too, with feedback.
Play page: tidier tiles and one button style
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Game tiles and answer buttons now press down when tapped. more ▾less ▴
The solo game tiles and the answer buttons inside games now press down when you tap them, like the other buttons.
Calmer full access cards
Fixed- Fixed
The full access card on Vault and History now sits near the top. more ▾less ▴
On the free plan, the Vault and History pages now show a short blurred glimpse of your own questions and sessions, with the full access card right under it, instead of far down the page.
Study Plan preview: no more ticking locked tasks
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Locked preview tasks show a lock instead of a tick box, with no confetti. more ▾less ▴
On the free Study Plan preview, today's tasks now show a lock instead of a tick box, since they open with full access. Tapping one shows what full access adds. Tapping a locked task also no longer sets off confetti.
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One confetti burst per task, and one for finishing the day. more ▾less ▴
Tapping a tick box many times in a row no longer piles up confetti. Each task gets one small burst, and finishing the whole day celebrates once.
- Fixed
5Nov · Thu
Rewritten questions on prioritization and delegation
Fixed- Fixed
Oxygen target and nursing attendant tasks corrected. more ▾less ▴
Explanations no longer give 92 percent as the oxygen level an adult should keep; for most adults the target is above 95 percent. Delegation questions now follow the Philippine rule that a nursing attendant does not give medicines or change dressings.
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4Nov · Wed
A Flashcard button in the cram sheet tools
Fixed- Fixed
On phones, the Report button no longer covers the end of the flashcard bar.
Older Mock Board #3 and #5 reviews show 500 items again
Fixed- Fixed
Reviews of Mock Board #3 and #5 taken before the update show your 500 items again. more ▾less ▴
If you finished Mock Board #3 or #5 before it was updated, its review could show 1,000 items, with each situation broken up so only one question sat under it. Your review now shows the exact 500 items you answered, grouped five to a situation, with your score unchanged.
- Fixed
3Nov · Tue
Study timer fits short screens
Fixed- Fixed
The study timer's Pomodoro and Stopwatch switch is always on screen now. more ▾less ▴
On shorter screens (a tablet held sideways, a small laptop), the top of the study timer panel, including the switch between Pomodoro and Stopwatch, could sit above the edge of the screen where you could not reach it. The panel now always starts on screen and scrolls if it needs more room.
- Fixed
1Nov · Sun
Passwords set on a phone or tablet now work at log-in
Fixed- Fixed
A password reset on a phone or tablet now works when you log in. more ▾less ▴
On iPhones and iPads, showing your password while typing it let the keyboard capitalize, autocorrect or add a space to it, so the password you saved could differ from the one you typed at log-in. Password boxes now switch those keyboard changes off. After a reset, your phone's saved-passwords list now updates the password for your email instead of keeping the old one, and a new password can no longer start or end with a hidden space.
Rewritten questions on glaucoma and cataract
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Glaucoma screening, pilocarpine and cataract timing explanations corrected. more ▾less ▴
The glaucoma screening question now teaches a full dilated eye exam instead of an eye pressure check alone. A pilocarpine explanation that said the drops do not change focusing was corrected. The question on when to have cataract surgery no longer calls it elective, so it matches the surgery classification questions.
See what full access adds, right where you would use it
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Two links that quietly opened something else now explain themselves. more ▾less ▴
On the free plan, opening extra practice on the cards you keep missing, or an old link to the Vault, used to quietly start something else. It now says what the feature is and how many of your own cards or questions are waiting.
Question words no longer run together when a page is translated
Fixed- Fixed
Questions and choices keep their spaces when your browser translates the page. more ▾less ▴
With your browser's translate feature switched on, a question and its choices could show every word stuck together, with no spaces. Questions and choices now always stay in their original English, so the words keep their spaces and your highlights stay where you put them. The rest of the page can still be translated.
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