Powerful Search

Published: 24 March, 2025


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Search functionality is fundamental to DermNet PRO

We believe the best way to find information on any digital platform is by using search.

As a result, we've built an intuitive search experience on DermNet PRO that allows you to effortlessly attain digestible answers quickly, all in one place.

Traditionally, finding the answer to your question meant sifting through pages of content. With the cutting edge DermNet PRO search, you can now simply ask your question and receive an immediate, precise answer.

You can query DermNet PRO's advanced search with anything related to dermatology. 

The search results are divided into three distinct sections for a concise yet comprehensive experience.

1 - DermNet AI summary

The first section of the search results is an answer to your query summarised by AI in natural language.

Our DermNet AI summary is restricted to exclusively draw information from published DermNet content, meaning it will search and critically analyse all 2500+ DermNet pages to form a concise, informative, and accurate answer to your query. It is important to note that we do not use AI to write any of our content. All DermNet content is written by healthcare professionals and reviewed and approved by dermatologists. The DermNet AI only summarises what has already been written by our team.

You can choose to see the AI summary in 4 different formats:

  • Short answer
  • Medium length answer
  • Long answer
  • Bullet points. 

Simply click on each button to see a different format.

You can see an example of the DermNet AI summary below. By default the format is set at medium length answer; you can change the default format in your settings.

Beneath the DermNet AI summary, you'll find a list of pages that provide the sources for the answer.

 

2 - Topic pages and images

Next, the search results provide links to the top 6 topic pages related to your search query, along with relevant images. 

You can click on each image to expand it and also click to show more images which opens a full-page grid.

 

3 - Snippets

The last portion of the search result is the snippets area.

This area shows excerpts from each of the topic pages identified above that are relevant to the search query. You can quickly scan these snippets to find what you are looking for and then click to be taken to that exact spot on the topic page.

Summary

The DermNet PRO advanced search will enhance your experience with our content in more ways than one. It is exclusive to PRO users and will not be available anywhere else.

We have built it from the ground up and made it available across the PRO platform, making your ability to attain dermatology information quicker and easier than ever before.

Don't forget, DermNet PRO is free for all healthcare professionals.

Let us know what you think in the comments.

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    10 December 24
    Dr Niranjan Sharma

    Sounds great. Looking forqward the launch of DermNet Pro and use it for the betterment of patient and enhance my knowledge on Dermatology.

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