Who a community is for
Anyone signed in can create one from Communities, and whoever creates it becomes its founding society admin.
They are not only for national societies. A microbiology department, an anaesthesiology department, an MBBS batch, a medical college, a student association, a research group or a professional network are all reasonable communities.
Switch off what you will not use
Each community carries clinical cases, guidelines, announcements, a job board, research, mentorship, conferences, a CME credit wallet, a member directory, an org chart, a gallery and expert opinions.
That is far too much for most groups, and an empty section reads as a dead community. Admins can switch modules off in the community settings — turn on three, add more when people ask for them.
Membership and verification
Joining is self-service, and a new membership starts Pending. A society admin verifies members and sets a badge level.
Cases and moderation
Clinical cases can be posted anonymously, and a community can require moderator review before a case publishes. Members can report any post, case or comment, and reports go to a queue only that community's moderators can see. See verification and trust.