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Ophthalmology Videos

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Reviewed:: Mar 1, 2007 by Health Sciences

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Overview:: A Flash Based tutorial on Eye Emergencies that includes symptoms, case studies, an index of signs and symptoms, and quizzes. Key Words: Eye emergencies, eye infection, physical assessment. Key Words: Eye infection, Physical Assessment,
Type of Material:: The learning resource is a Flash tutorial. Learning resources include text definitions, graphics, and pictures of pathological conditions.
Recommended Uses:: The learning resource could be used for supplemental learning in health assessment, pathophysiology, and medical/surgical classes. The resource is appropriate for a variety of pre-professionals who have the need to understand common eye emergences. It might also be used for test review, small group discussion, or in a homework assignment.
Technical Requirements:: Connection to the Internet, a web browser, and Macromedia Flash.
Identify Major Learning Goals:: The learning goals are implied. After review of the learning resource, the learner should be able to: * Describe the common important symptoms associated with eye emergencies. * Associate common eye emergencies with a visual graphic. * Discuss the etiology of 10 common eye emergencies.
Target Student Population:: The stated target population include A&E staff, medical students, and optometrists. A variety of other learners could also benefit from this resource including high school and college students studying eye medical conditions.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: Prerequisites include a basic understanding of eye anatomy and physiology, and medical terminology.

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Strengths:: The collection of pertinent conditions allows learners to confirm they have the ability to recognize common eye emergencies as well as being about to compare and contrast the different conditions. Under the Helps and Links page, there are links to three other web sites.
Concerns:: Presentation rather informal with incomplete sentences and frequent use of non-standard abbreviations can hinder understanding by the participate. Linked pages have no link back to the main home page.

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Strengths:: Use of this tutorial allows learners to self-test themselves. The content is interesting and displayed with a simple "mouse-over" to learn more method.
Concerns:: Some users may find that the navigatio for this site not intuitive. There is no way for learners to record responses to questions to assess for weaknesses and strengths.

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Strengths:: On most pages, mouse-overs provide additional information.
Concerns:: Navigation is difficult and not intuitive. Directions are not clear. How to use index is not immediately clear. Some pages automatically move on to next page. If the user is not aware of the page change, they may miss out on some information.

Other Issues and Comments:: There are layers of information but the participant does not have an understanding of what all is available. The index should be a description of what is available instead of a list of numbers so participant can easily return to areas of choice.
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