Organising Podiatry Arena's Content

Craig and Company:

Even though I think Podiatry Arena is an excellent resource, here are a few suggestions that I think may improve it.

1. Make the list of "recent threads" (on the right hand side of the home page) about twice as long since there are so many new threads being replied to every day that sometimes interesting threads are off the "recent threads" column if you don't check Podiatry Arena for a day.

2. Have a newcomers welcome page that gives suggestions for exploring the site to learn about Podiatry Arena, how it started, who is involved in managing the site, what makes it such a unique website, and how to post a new thread or reply to a thread.

3. Have a few special pages devoted to getting non-experts up to speed with terminology. For example, have a page just devoted to foot and podiatric/orthopedic terminology for lay people. Have a page devoted to foot orthosis components and terminology with photos and diagrams.

4. Have a page devoted also to seminars that members of Podiatry Arena will either be lecturing at or members may want to attend.

5. Develop a page or bank of pages of clinical illustrations, photos, and videos that may be shared with other members so that they may use these illustrations, photos or videos in their PowerPoint presentations or for their own learning. These may for example, include surgical photos, photos of certain pathologies, videos of gait or videos of examination techniques that others can either use for their own education or for including in their lectures to students or to other physicians/podiatrists. This may become one of the most popular and valuable resources that Podiatry Arena can offer to the international internet viewing community.

Hope this helps.

 

Awesome idea! As an additional could we have a sticky thread for people to request such resources. Lets face it there is bound to be someone who has what is needed (or knows where it can be found).

Can i also suggest a "who's who" for some of the more exalted members of the community with a brief resume, any published papers and areas of special interest.

Those new in the profession may not have heard of some members of the board and it is useful to know where people are coming from!

Regards
Robert

 

Craig:

I don't think this looks too bad. It sure gives us more threads to look at in our initial logging onto the site without having to go to the New Threads section. I'm sure you will eventually be able to find other banners to fill in below the other banners so that the home page will New Threads block won't look like it is "hanging down there by itself".

Here is your first photo for your photo bank. These two photos are about 20 years old and are of a patient with right posterior tibial dysfunction and asymmetrical right medially deviated subtalar joint axis. These two photos have been shown in 6 different countries during my lectures as examples of posterior tibial dysfunction and the correlation between STJ axis location and severity of pronation.

 

Hi
I must agree with Kevin in that the new posts do not look too bad. Also thank you to Kevin for the photo's, I like many 'visual learners' find it much easier to relate to photo's alongside the written description so this will be invaluable if/when I come across patients that present with symptoms that are not normally seen currently in my clinic.
Thanks again for all the hard work done by many to keep Pod Arena the best forum (and most addictive!).
Wendy:dizzy: