Laser Eye Surgery Selection
Selection and refinement of the research question
I always wanted to research a topic related to health science and medicine. My future goal is to do something related to medicine, possibly optometry. This research project was a good opportunity for me to explore a topic related to optometry. I started to think about ideas related to eyes. The topic that I was highly interested in was Laser Eye Surgery. I created a lotus diagram showing potential ideas and questions for my research project. This helped me to refine and select a final question which I do a high-quality research and find a solution to. The selected topic from the lotus diagram below is: Side effects and Improvements and the question is: How can the procedure of laser eye surgery …show more content…
be modified to prevent the potential side effects?.
There are different kinds of laser eye surgeries such as LASIK, LASEK, PRK, CK etc. I wanted to focus on a specific type of laser eye surgery as there are different types of methods performed in different surgeries. It would be hard to determine possible improvements with a wide variety of methodology. I chose to focus on LASIK eye surgery. This process of refinement helped me to finalise my research question. The final question is How can the procedure of LASIK eye surgery be modified to prevent the potential side effects?. This question is highly related to STEM as it involves Science, Technology and a bit of Engineering in different parts of the research.
After having discussions with teachers and finalising the research question, I created this mind map which shows the possible research methods and the capabilities that will be developed during this research project. This is a researchable topic as there is a specific topic focus.
This source is reviewed by Brian Boxer Wachler who is an America's TV Eye Doctor. He is a board-certified ophthalmologist and refractive surgeon. This is a highly accurate source referenced with other sources. The source provides a detailed background information about LASIK surgery. This website is to educate and inform people about eye surgery. It only provides facts and concise information, and no information is purposely omitted. This source does not pursue the reader to not undertake this surgery but provides with basic background information. The information provided in this article is referenced with other reliable authors. There are links in the article to sources of their own websites, which are written and reviewed by experienced people in this field. The information was updated in April 2016. This source provides enough background information for me to understand the process of LASIK surgery. It also explains the results …show more content…
of the surgery which will help to find possible improvements.This source provides a video which features Dr LaMia Jones. She is a well-known optometrist for about more than 11 years. She has specialisations in different kinds of eye surgeries especially LASIK. This source is considered a moderately accurate.
This video and the website only provides with answers of common questions that patients have about LASIK. The purpose of this video is to explain the recovery period of the surgery. The video does not intend to pursue the viewer, but inform them about the results of the surgery. This information provided does not link back to any other sources but the speaker, Dr Jones, is a reliable source.The video was published in 2013, and it was featured on LASIK.COM, providing a summary of the video and key details of LASIK eye surgery recovery. This source is produced by Mayo Clinic staff is a not-for-profit organisation. The staff includes a wide range of experienced doctors which have specialisations in LASIK surgery. This source is highly accurate. As stated by their website, “Mayo Clinic does not endorse any of the third-party products and services advertised.” The purpose of this website is to educate people about the possible risks of the surgery. This source does not pursue the reader to not undertake this surgery but provides with necessary information about the side effects. The information provided is referenced with credible sources. These includes a variety of doctors, experts and reliable
organisations. The information was posted in February 2014 and was updated in 2016. This source provides a detailed explanation of the risks of LASIK surgery. This information can be used to develop possible improvements in the methodology. The information of this website is provided by the Federal Trade Commission. As mentioned on their website “The FTC works to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace.” Although this website is a government website it does not have any references. This source does not mention any names of the hospitals and does not classify them as a fraud. The only purpose of this website is to spread consumer awareness about LASIK and its risks and the results. It just provided necessary information for a patient who wants to undergo a surgery.This information is provided is not referenced. There is a range of other credible websites which have linked to this website. The information was posted in August 2012 and was updated in 2016. This source provides a detailed information for the reader about the method, risks and the results of LASIK surgery.The information of this website is provided by The Eye Institute of Utah. The team at The Eye Institute of Utah experienced ophthalmologists and optometrists who specialise in LASIK. There are no links to other sources. This website is moderately accurate.This website does not criticise any other institutes, organisations or hospitals in order show them as superior. This source features an animation video showing the process of the eye surgery. This web page is a subpage of the main website. This information is provided is not referenced but the team of doctors are credible and the information on the main page/ home page is referenced. The information was published in July 2014 updated in 2016. This source is more useful than other sources as it shows a visual representation of the surgery. This is helpful in order to see the faults in the method which can modify to prevent risks. Skills Developed: The first stage of my research included finding useful and trustworthy websites to gain basic background information. This source analysis helped me to consider which sources are reliable and which are not. During this process, I developed skills such as previewing the website, skim reading, decoding the information provided and reading fluently. This research process helped me to get basic and useful background information for answering the question.
Capabilities Developed: English is my second language, so this process gave me the opportunity to develop my literacy capability as I had to read and understand the information. It also helped me develop ICT Capability because I had to search for different sources of information and make use of technology as much as possible in order to obtain suitable information.
I always wanted to research a topic related to health science and medicine. My future goal is to do something related to medicine, possibly optometry. This research project was a good opportunity for me to explore a topic related to optometry. I started to think about ideas related to eyes. The topic that I was highly interested in was Laser Eye Surgery. I created a lotus diagram showing potential ideas and questions for my research project. This helped me to refine and select a final question which I do a high-quality research and find a solution to. The selected topic from the lotus diagram below is: Side effects and Improvements and the question is: How can the procedure of laser eye surgery …show more content…
be modified to prevent the potential side effects?.
There are different kinds of laser eye surgeries such as LASIK, LASEK, PRK, CK etc. I wanted to focus on a specific type of laser eye surgery as there are different types of methods performed in different surgeries. It would be hard to determine possible improvements with a wide variety of methodology. I chose to focus on LASIK eye surgery. This process of refinement helped me to finalise my research question. The final question is How can the procedure of LASIK eye surgery be modified to prevent the potential side effects?. This question is highly related to STEM as it involves Science, Technology and a bit of Engineering in different parts of the research.
After having discussions with teachers and finalising the research question, I created this mind map which shows the possible research methods and the capabilities that will be developed during this research project. This is a researchable topic as there is a specific topic focus.
This source is reviewed by Brian Boxer Wachler who is an America's TV Eye Doctor. He is a board-certified ophthalmologist and refractive surgeon. This is a highly accurate source referenced with other sources. The source provides a detailed background information about LASIK surgery. This website is to educate and inform people about eye surgery. It only provides facts and concise information, and no information is purposely omitted. This source does not pursue the reader to not undertake this surgery but provides with basic background information. The information provided in this article is referenced with other reliable authors. There are links in the article to sources of their own websites, which are written and reviewed by experienced people in this field. The information was updated in April 2016. This source provides enough background information for me to understand the process of LASIK surgery. It also explains the results …show more content…
of the surgery which will help to find possible improvements.This source provides a video which features Dr LaMia Jones. She is a well-known optometrist for about more than 11 years. She has specialisations in different kinds of eye surgeries especially LASIK. This source is considered a moderately accurate.
This video and the website only provides with answers of common questions that patients have about LASIK. The purpose of this video is to explain the recovery period of the surgery. The video does not intend to pursue the viewer, but inform them about the results of the surgery. This information provided does not link back to any other sources but the speaker, Dr Jones, is a reliable source.The video was published in 2013, and it was featured on LASIK.COM, providing a summary of the video and key details of LASIK eye surgery recovery. This source is produced by Mayo Clinic staff is a not-for-profit organisation. The staff includes a wide range of experienced doctors which have specialisations in LASIK surgery. This source is highly accurate. As stated by their website, “Mayo Clinic does not endorse any of the third-party products and services advertised.” The purpose of this website is to educate people about the possible risks of the surgery. This source does not pursue the reader to not undertake this surgery but provides with necessary information about the side effects. The information provided is referenced with credible sources. These includes a variety of doctors, experts and reliable
organisations. The information was posted in February 2014 and was updated in 2016. This source provides a detailed explanation of the risks of LASIK surgery. This information can be used to develop possible improvements in the methodology. The information of this website is provided by the Federal Trade Commission. As mentioned on their website “The FTC works to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace.” Although this website is a government website it does not have any references. This source does not mention any names of the hospitals and does not classify them as a fraud. The only purpose of this website is to spread consumer awareness about LASIK and its risks and the results. It just provided necessary information for a patient who wants to undergo a surgery.This information is provided is not referenced. There is a range of other credible websites which have linked to this website. The information was posted in August 2012 and was updated in 2016. This source provides a detailed information for the reader about the method, risks and the results of LASIK surgery.The information of this website is provided by The Eye Institute of Utah. The team at The Eye Institute of Utah experienced ophthalmologists and optometrists who specialise in LASIK. There are no links to other sources. This website is moderately accurate.This website does not criticise any other institutes, organisations or hospitals in order show them as superior. This source features an animation video showing the process of the eye surgery. This web page is a subpage of the main website. This information is provided is not referenced but the team of doctors are credible and the information on the main page/ home page is referenced. The information was published in July 2014 updated in 2016. This source is more useful than other sources as it shows a visual representation of the surgery. This is helpful in order to see the faults in the method which can modify to prevent risks. Skills Developed: The first stage of my research included finding useful and trustworthy websites to gain basic background information. This source analysis helped me to consider which sources are reliable and which are not. During this process, I developed skills such as previewing the website, skim reading, decoding the information provided and reading fluently. This research process helped me to get basic and useful background information for answering the question.
Capabilities Developed: English is my second language, so this process gave me the opportunity to develop my literacy capability as I had to read and understand the information. It also helped me develop ICT Capability because I had to search for different sources of information and make use of technology as much as possible in order to obtain suitable information.