On The Net
This site offers links to articles, events and continuing education opportunities

Unless you look very closely for a small icon in the top right corner of your screen, it's impossible to know that the ophthalmologyresource.com Web site is sponsored by Pharmacia Corporation, which has recently become a part of drug giant Pfizer. Kudos to Pharmacia for providing a highly useful site for ophthalmologists without blowing its own horn.

After more than 2 years of reviewing ophthalmology-related Web sites, we've learned that by answering two quick questions, you can usually determine the potential usefulness of almost any site. First, is the site comprehensive? Second, is the site providing up-to-date information? Ophthalmologyresource.com passes both tests with flying colors.

Ophthalmologyresource.com doesn't try to cram tons of unrelated information onto its site. Instead, it sticks to a few specific, but extremely important, areas: providing links to a large selection of recent articles from professional journals, heralding important upcoming events of interest to ophthalmologists, and listing a wide array of continuing education courses available to eyecare professionals.

For good measure, the site offers a huge number of ophthalmology-related links, one of the most comprehensive we've ever seen on any Web site. One example: If you need to locate an eye bank, ophthalmologyresource.com provides 48 eye bank-related links. The site also provides links to numerous professional associations, patient support groups, colleges, equipment suppliers and even Web sites that post job opportunities for eyecare professionals.

After checking out so many Web sites that are sorely in need of more regular updating, it's a pleasure to congratulate the Webmaster at ophthalmologyresource.com for keeping the information on the site fresh and current. More ophthalmology sites should do the same.

Visit: www.ophthalmologyresource.com

If you've discovered a Web site or service that's been useful to you in practice or at home,
we'd like to know about it. E-mail Jerry Helzner at helznergi@boucher1.com or call him at (215) 643-8013.