Help Improve the AAPM&R Website

[lobelsteve]

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Members don't see this ad.

A project began in 2002 to try and improve the AAPMR website via the RPC. It went nowhere. Apparently, folks are taking another look because we have complaints still going on about how user unfriendly it is. If you get the chance to go there and click around, stop back at this thread and get harsh on the AAPM&R.

A quote from a MOD here, who is trying to fix it.

"We're working on improving the website AND updating the fellowship database stuff. If you have specific examples of where the website is difficult to maneuver, information that's hard to find, etc. and/or suggestions on how to improve the website - specifically - please pm me.

We've told them that the website is difficult to navigate but they need SPECIFIC examples and concrete suggestions - not just vague generalizations.

Thanks!"

Let er rip...

 

[lobelsteve]

Color scheme- blah
index page- I need to scroll to see the bottom of it- can you say fix the 1.5 inch side bars and let the text fit in a page without the need to scroll? (1024x768 viewing)
No member userid/password box on the index page.

 

[drusso]

Color scheme- blah

Oh, if you only knew about the color scheme...the advertising/marketing consulting firm said that the colors are "forward thinking" and reflect the specialty's breadth...

 

[armonia]

I'm okay with the color scheme (nothing to write home about, but mildly energizing), but all of the pages are a bit too busy (too much text in too small of a space).
I also think a member login (either at the top right hand corner or left side panel) on the homepage would be useful.

 

[Shalom77]

Do you just want feedback about ease of use/style issues or about content.

I was reading the resident guide to research and it reads like it hasn't been updated in a while. How many residents do you think there are these days that aren't comfortable using a computer or who don't know about email?

You know I still use a stone tablet and a chisel to write my papers. I'll be sure to jump on this advice.

While by no means a prerequisite for the conduct of successful research, a basic working knowledge of computers and their applications can be very helpful to the aspiring researcher. A few residents, however, remain somewhat nervous around computers and have managed to resist acquiring “computer literacy.” ...

Whether you decide to buy a computer of your own or use one in your department, you should also become familiar with the computer “lingo.” By knowing the terminology and learning the equipment, your use of the computer and its applications will remarkably improve. For instance, the knowledge and use of e-mail, or electronic mail, is now becoming essential to have. This computer application is your rapid link to others via “computer telecommunication.” It is a way to correspond with your mentor or others who may help you in your research project. To obtain e-mail for your home, your computer will need a modem that is linked to a phone line.

 

[lucyz02]

problems i see whith the website are that it is difficult to navigate, cumbersome... you log in then go to a page (cluttered and difficult to get directly to what you are looking for) then you have to log in again. Why can't the pages flow better- ie login once and then find the infomation directly without having to circumnavigate three differrent pages subsequentially.

The color - not important to me, suprficial and really I didn't even notice until it was mentioned.

A big improvement would be to smooth out the navigation within and between pages.

Atleast that's my 0.02

Fellowship database: it is horribly inaccurate - ie NOT updated;should be at minimum on an annual basis.