Suggestions/Improvements to OphthoQuestions

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Please use this thread to tell us your suggestions to improve OphthoQuestions.  Don't worry, we have tough skins, so please be as frank as possible!
#1 • 05/12/2018 at 08:20 AM
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Can you guys have more legends for the Pathology section?  Thanks!
#2 • 05/12/2018 at 12:05 PM
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Can you guys have more legends for the Pathology section?  Thanks!
We need the mobile app to stop crashing!  And some of my friends have asked for an Android version as well.
#3 • 05/12/2018 at 03:09 PM
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We need the mobile app to stop crashing!  And some of my friends have asked for an Android version as well.
Yes, this is definitely a top priority for us!  We will continue to work on it.  Thanks!
#4 • 05/12/2018 at 05:29 PM
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Can you have more treatment and preferred practice algorithms?
#5 • 05/13/2018 at 04:15 PM
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Can you have more treatment and preferred practice algorithms?
Yes of course!  Would you guys like something akin to the AAO Preferred Practice Patterns integrated in the answer explanations?
#6 • 05/13/2018 at 08:09 PM
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Yes of course!  Would you guys like something akin to the AAO Preferred Practice Patterns integrated in the answer explanations?
Yes that would be helpful. Thanks.
#7 • 05/14/2018 at 06:01 AM
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For each question, it would be helpful to have a brief "Educational Objective" sentence at the bottom of the answer explanation that summarizes the high yield fact or concept for the question. This is what the UWorld Qbank has for the USMLE Step questions, and would be helpful especially for the very lengthy explanations.
#8 • 05/14/2018 at 06:27 AM
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Please for the mobile app, I'd like to be able to see the comments on questions.  Also, I really want an Amazon gift card :)
#9 • 05/14/2018 at 10:18 AM
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Please for the mobile app, I'd like to be able to see the comments on questions.  Also, I really want an Amazon gift card :)
We are working our mightiest on improving the mobile app.  It is such a P.I.A. 

Given the # of respondents thus far on this thread, u have a good chance of getting that Amazon gift card!
#10 • 05/14/2018 at 11:52 AM
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We are working our mightiest on improving the mobile app.  It is such a P.I.A. 

Given the # of respondents thus far on this thread, u have a good chance of getting that Amazon gift card!
Well, I was really searching for a suggestion, cuz OQ is the tops and I surely couldn't do better.  Keep up the good work!  Thanks for everything.
#11 • 05/14/2018 at 02:27 PM
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For each question, it would be helpful to have a brief "Educational Objective" sentence at the bottom of the answer explanation that summarizes the high yield fact or concept for the question. This is what the UWorld Qbank has for the USMLE Step questions, and would be helpful especially for the very lengthy explanations.
Yo, K.C.... can you upload a Profile photo?  That will get you entered into the Amazon drawing.  Thanks!
#12 • 05/14/2018 at 06:02 PM
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Although I agree that some topics are very high yield and necessitate repeat questions, could the duplicates of certain topics be somehow changed or formulated differently? Thanks for setting this up!! 
#13 • 05/14/2018 at 07:08 PM
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Please add new questions, ideally to reflect the changing composition of the OKAPs. For instance, I felt that the recent exam had more refractive surgery questions and different types of optics questions (i.e. not vergence) than previously. For questions testing a concept covered in BCSC, please consider providing the reference so one could easily review that section.
#14 • 05/14/2018 at 10:25 PM
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Please add new questions, ideally to reflect the changing composition of the OKAPs. For instance, I felt that the recent exam had more refractive surgery questions and different types of optics questions (i.e. not vergence) than previously. For questions testing a concept covered in BCSC, please consider providing the reference so one could easily review that section.
What specific topics do you think that OphthoQuestions could cover better?
#15 • 05/15/2018 at 07:01 PM
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1. Android app - as mentioned
2. Summary educational objective - as mentioned
3. Explore the wrong answers: why are they incorrect and not be best answer?
4. A brief 3-4 line background on the concept being tested. E.g. if a question is testing understanding of corneal layers involved in Fuch's dystrophy (FECD), it'd be nice to have a 3-4 line background on FECD.
#16 • 05/15/2018 at 07:56 PM
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I think a distinction for a series of questions that are an echelon above high yield - as in knowledge you’ll use every day to nearly every day as an ophthalmologist, not just the OKAPS/boards. I’m thinking they could be called “essentials”. 

Would be extremely helpful for the newest members of the community to get up to speed in their first few months, especially for more independent activities like being on call. 
#17 • 05/15/2018 at 09:03 PM
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Before my OKAP last year i finished all of my questions in the bank, and i didnt like that i couldnt make new tests from the questions i already answered and mark *high yield*, since that is exactly what you want in the last few days before the test. Well, i found a way to do it, by marking basically all the questions in the bank and than i could choose " make test from marked questions", but i could not choose high yield specifically ..

Otherwise I am very happy with Ophthoquestions.  
Thanks
#18 • 05/16/2018 at 05:59 AM
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The winners are:  "C.L."  and "J.H."!  Congratulations!  

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#19 • 05/20/2018 at 09:16 AM
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Yes!!!!  Thank you guys.  I love random number generators that work in my favor.  I received the gift card in my email, already in my amazon account.  Thanks again, OQ.  Keep up the good work.
#20 • 05/20/2018 at 02:35 PM
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What about my gift card? Will nobody sympathize for fear the beard? I never win contests. I couldn’t even win Bingo in elementary school. C’est la vie!
#21 • 05/25/2018 at 06:34 AM
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:-(
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What about my gift card? Will nobody sympathize for fear the beard? I never win contests. I couldn’t even win Bingo in elementary school. C’est la vie!
Don't worry "Fear The Beard"!  There will many more opportunities to win in the future!  Thanks for the suggestions!
#22 • 05/25/2018 at 08:32 PM
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I also received the $100 amazon.com gift. Thanks Wizard of OQ.
#23 • 05/27/2018 at 11:51 PM
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Classic OQ issue has been that certain topics are well-moderated/well-monitored while other topics have questions that have YEARS of comments under the question that have never been addressed.
This really should be rectified.
#24 • 09/08/2018 at 01:39 PM
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Classic OQ issue has been that certain topics are well-moderated/well-monitored while other topics have questions that have YEARS of comments under the question that have never been addressed.
This really should be rectified.
You are definitely correct.  The hardest part about running this website is trying to moderate >4000 questions that we have.  Trust me:  this isn't worth the time of our moderators in terms of $$$ :-)  Most of them do it for the "joy" of educating residents & fellows.  Thanks for the comment.
#25 • 09/08/2018 at 04:38 PM
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The OKAPs is the same set of questions given for all years of residency.  There is no different set of questions given if you are a first year residents versus a second year resident, etc.
#26 • 10/15/2018 at 11:32 AM
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remove all "false" and "except" questions.

for each of those old questions, replace with 3 new questions with only positive answers (would require coming up with a few new incorrect answers, preferably not exactly the same for each of the 3 new questions).

remove answer designator (a, b, c, d) and replace with numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) to make it easier to select the answer on a keyboard.

randomize answer order every time a test is generated, but still number them in displayed order (i.e. first answer is always 1 even though different tests may have a different answer listed first).

on review (after answering the question), re-label and sort the answers alphabetically, with letters always associated with the same answer for every user so we can discuss.

allow "correct" questions to be used again when making tests, rather than just new, incorrect, and marked.

add comment up/down vote tracking, and option to highlight/hide comments that reach a user specified positive/negative threshold.

android app.

swipe sideways to navigate to previous/next question.

change images after answer to highlight/mark pathology.

make curated tests for specific pathologies, or create additional subcategories for each section so that associated questions can be reviewed together.
#27 • 01/19/2019 at 08:50 PM
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remove all "false" and "except" questions.

for each of those old questions, replace with 3 new questions with only positive answers (would require coming up with a few new incorrect answers, preferably not exactly the same for each of the 3 new questions).

remove answer designator (a, b, c, d) and replace with numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) to make it easier to select the answer on a keyboard.

randomize answer order every time a test is generated, but still number them in displayed order (i.e. first answer is always 1 even though different tests may have a different answer listed first).

on review (after answering the question), re-label and sort the answers alphabetically, with letters always associated with the same answer for every user so we can discuss.

allow "correct" questions to be used again when making tests, rather than just new, incorrect, and marked.

add comment up/down vote tracking, and option to highlight/hide comments that reach a user specified positive/negative threshold.

android app.

swipe sideways to navigate to previous/next question.

change images after answer to highlight/mark pathology.

make curated tests for specific pathologies, or create additional subcategories for each section so that associated questions can be reviewed together.
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Thanks for the feedback.  Yes, there are many, many things we would like to improve upon.  Thank you.
#28 • 01/20/2019 at 10:56 AM
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Any chance you are thinking of making an Android app? Thanks for your help!
#29 • 01/29/2019 at 12:14 AM
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Any chance you are thinking of making an Android app? Thanks for your help!
Of course we would love to make an Android app.  We are still trying to improve the iOS app at this stage.  It's a lot of work!
#30 • 01/29/2019 at 10:04 PM
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can u provide OQ with search button ( for words) thanx
#31 • 02/10/2019 at 12:08 PM
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can u provide OQ with search button ( for words) thanx
There is a "Search" button to look up content of questions that you have "Seen" already:

#32 • 02/10/2019 at 12:23 PM
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It seems that i regularly find explanations that have been updated (thank you) to include discussion points from the comments make by previous OQ users. 
It may be helpful to have a "resolved" section for comments so that some of the comments that are addressed are put in a different category and do not need to be present years later. 
#33 • 03/15/2019 at 06:07 PM
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It seems that i regularly find explanations that have been updated (thank you) to include discussion points from the comments make by previous OQ users. 
It may be helpful to have a "resolved" section for comments so that some of the comments that are addressed are put in a different category and do not need to be present years later. 
Or... we can do a better job deleting them.  Thanks for the feedback!
#34 • 03/15/2019 at 10:58 PM
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Or... we can do a better job deleting them.  Thanks for the feedback!
Even better! 
#35 • 03/16/2019 at 05:26 AM
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