Editorial standards
Medical Review Board
Getadoc publishes a health library alongside its directory of practitioners. This page explains who reviews that content, what the review covers, and how to tell at a glance whether a particular article has had one.
Who reviews
Two kinds of reviewer, and the byline tells you which
A practitioner in our directory
The byline names them and links to their profile, where you can see their specialty, their practice and their registration status. This is the strongest form of review we publish, because the person standing behind the article is identifiable.
Getadoc Team
Our in-house editorial review, carried out by Getadoc’s founder — a registered medical doctor — rather than by a practitioner listed in the directory. The byline links to this page, because there is no directory profile to link to. It covers the health library carried over from our previous site, and new articles reviewed in-house.
Naming our reviewer
We are in the process of publishing the name, qualifications and HPCSA registration number of the practitioner who leads our editorial review, so that you can verify them directly with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. Until that is on this page, we would rather tell you it is missing than imply more than we have shown you.
If you need those details now, ask us at hello@getadoc.co.za and we will send them.
What the review covers
What “reviewed” means here
These are the rules our publishing system enforces, not intentions.
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Nothing publishes by itself
Drafts — including AI-assisted ones — are never published automatically. A person has to read the draft and approve it. Until then the article does not exist publicly.
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A reviewer is recorded, or nothing is claimed
Every published article stores who reviewed it and when. If no reviewer is recorded, the article shows no byline and no review date. We would rather say nothing than imply a review that did not happen.
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Sources are cited
An article cannot be published without at least one cited source, and the references appear on the page for you to check.
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The review date is ours, not the author’s
The “last reviewed” date is stamped by our system at the moment of approval, so it cannot be back- or forward-dated.
Limits
What a review is not
A reviewed article is general health information. It is not medical advice, it is not a diagnosis, and it is not a substitute for seeing a practitioner about your own situation. Review means a clinician has checked that the article is accurate and reasonable as general information — not that it applies to you.
If you or someone else needs urgent help, contact your nearest emergency department, or call 10177 for an ambulance or 112 from a mobile phone.
Think something we have published is wrong or out of date? Tell us at hello@getadoc.co.za — corrections to medical content are a priority, and we would rather hear it from you than leave it up.
Our editorial policy explains how articles are written and reviewed in more detail, and our terms and conditions cover the rest of the service.