The OAA has produced a series of podcasts available to our orthokeratology community. These presentations will include interviews with experienced orthokeratologists discussing topics relevant and timely to the field of corneal reshaping. Eventually we will be making podcasts aimed at the general population as well. We are hoping to each young patients (prime orthoK candidates) in a tech-friendly manner.
Episode 1 is ready for listening. This podcast will include a discussion
about the various names we choose to describe orthokeratology and as well as
the OAA Fellowship program. It will also include an interview with Steve Ernst
from Contex.
If you aren't familiar with podcasts, they are short (30-60 minutes) audio or
video presentations that can be downloaded and stored on your computer or iPod/iPhone.
The term originated from a blending of “broadcast” and “iPod.”.
Of course, you can listen to the podcast on you computer, but another benefit
is its portability. You can copy it to your iPod or other portable media player
and listen while you are running, driving, cooking or doing yardwork (yes, some
of us still cook).
Here are the directions for how to access our OAA Pod Casts.
Step 1: go to oaa.squarespace.com
Step 2: click on the word "Episodes" found in the upper
right hand corner of the dark blue header.
Step 3: In the white text body you will see "Episode 1" under
which are the details of the episode. At the bottom click on the phrase "Click
Here to Download The Episode"
Step 4: The episode will either initiate a download or if you have a program
like Quicktime it will begin to prepare the episode to play.
Step 5: if you have downloaded the episode on to your computer you will be able
to listen to it with a media program as the file type is mp3. The name of the
file is "orthokep1" in case you have trouble locating it after download.
Popular media programs that you might already have on your computer are Windows
Media Player or iTunes. If you have iTunes you can find our podcast using your
internet connection. Go to the iTunes store and search for "Ortho-k Podcast",
it is available for free.