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An educational information platform on the ocular surface and dry eye disease ‐ OSCB ‐Berlin.org
Author(s) -
Knop E.,
Knop N.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2017.0t018
Subject(s) - computer science , point (geometry) , hyperlink , focus (optics) , style (visual arts) , interface (matter) , world wide web , multimedia , web page , visual arts , mathematics , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , art , physics , geometry , parallel computing , optics
Purpose The OCULAR SURFACE is an important part of the eye for the first steps of vision and thus for everything that comes later. The complexity and the ever‐increasing wealth of new scientific findings makes it increasingly difficult for many to understand the ocular surface and its diseases – in particular DRY EYE DISEASE . Methods Experienced scientists have collected relevant research‐based information, from the literature & own results and experience. It is intended to provide useful, reliable understandable information for all stake‐holders from laymen & patients, over clinical practitioners to the fellow scientists in the field that is also suitable for academic teaching. Results This educational OSCB ‐WebSite‐ Homepage of the Ocular Surface Center Berlin ( OSCB ‐Berlin.org) follows a newly developed didactic style that is image‐driven in the user interface & content. Text is in parallel with images like a text book ‐ but in addition the information is intensely cross‐linked by hyperlinks and supplemented by Animations, so that the reader can enter from any starting point and dig deeper until the information interest is satisfied. The Website is based on pictographic images that illustrate the content. When it becomes more complex, static images are supplemented with Animations in the same style that make even complex content easily understandable. Every topic is covered in three different formats with increasing depth of information to satisfy different interest groups. Conclusions Conclusion. The new online INFORMATION PLATFORM on the OCULAR SURFACE and DRY EYE DISEASE covers many aspects of the ocular surface and its alterations with a focus on Dry Eye Disease. It contains reliable, science‐based, unbiased information & constitutes a public information platform for all stakeholders in the field.and is supported by hundreds of colleagues world‐wide.