Website on diagnostic procedures for the study of the anterior ocular segment in Ophthalmology

Authors

  • Jorge Ernesto Oliva Santos Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences. Cuba.
  • Luis Alberto Lazo Herrera Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences. Cuba.
  • Danay Paz Hernández Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences. Cuba.
  • José Carlos Moreno Domínguez Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences. Cuba.

Keywords:

Ophthalmology, diagnostic techniques, ophthalmological, technological development, information technologies and communication projects, education, medical.

Abstract

Background: the new platforms of information and communication technologies are an adequate way to diagnose diseases of the anterior ocular segment, in Ophthalmology.
Objective: to design a website on diagnostic Procedures for the analysis of the anterior ocular segment using the new technological platforms.
Methods: a technological development research was carried out in the "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado" General Teaching Hospital in Pinar del Río, from September 2014 to October 2015. Theoretical methods were used: induction-deduction and analysis-synthesis, which allowed finalizing the review of the bibliography in different sites available on the Internet; and as empirical ones a questionnaire was applied to evaluate the product based on the criteria of the users and experts.
Results: the preparation of the website was developed using the hypertext markup language (HTML) using Wordpress 4.2.4. To process its elements, the Adobe Photoshop 8.0 and Microsoft Office 2013 programs were used. It contains texts, images and videos, interactive self-evaluation activities and refers official sites on the subject for consultation.
Conclusions: the website constitutes a compendium of the main diagnostic procedures for the subspecialties of Cornea and Refractive Surgery and offers useful and updated information for training specialists and graduates. It was rated as very suitable, both by users and experts.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Jorge Ernesto Oliva Santos, Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences. Cuba.

Sixth year student of Medicine. Vertical intern in Ophthalmology. Instructor not graduated in Ophthalmology.

Luis Alberto Lazo Herrera, Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences. Cuba.

Fourth year student of Medicine. Assistant student of Ophthalmology.

Danay Paz Hernández, Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences. Cuba.

Fourth year student of Medicine. Assistant student of Neonatology.

José Carlos Moreno Domínguez, Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences. Cuba.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist II Degree in Ophthalmology. Master in Satisfactory Longevity. Assistant Professor. Aggregate Investigator

Downloads

Published

2018-07-01

How to Cite

1.
Oliva Santos JE, Lazo Herrera LA, Paz Hernández D, Moreno Domínguez JC. Website on diagnostic procedures for the study of the anterior ocular segment in Ophthalmology. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2018 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 2];10(3):40-55. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1076

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2018)

Section

ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL

License

Los autores que publican en esta revista están de acuerdo con los siguientes términos:
  1. Los autores/as conservarán sus derechos de autor y ceden a la revista el derecho de primera publicación de su obra, el cuál estará simultáneamente sujeto a una Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) que permite a terceros compartir la obra siempre que se indique su autor y su primera publicación esta revista.
  2. Los autores pueden establecer por separado acuerdos adicionales para la distribución no exclusiva de la versión de la obra publicada en la revista (por ejemplo, situarlo en un repositorio institucional o publicarlo en un libro), con un reconocimiento de su publicación inicial en esta revista.
  3. Se permite y se anima a los autores a difundir sus trabajos electrónicamente (por ejemplo, en repositorios institucionales o en su propio sitio web) antes y durante el proceso de envío, ya que puede dar lugar a intercambios productivos, así como a una citación más temprana y mayor de los trabajos publicados (Véase The Effect of Open Access) (en inglés).