History of Cyberderm

Profile of Cyberderm former Dermatology Online with Interactive Technology (DOIT)

 

Acting Officers 2023-25

 

Günter Burg, M.D., Zürich, Founding Editor
Alexander Navarini, M.D., Basel, Chief Coordinator and Undergraduate Training Managing Board of the EDF

Josep Malvehy, M.D., Barcelona, Spain, Undergraduate Training Managing Board of the EDF
Lars French, M.D., Zürich, former President EDF
Harald Gollnick, M.D., Magdeburg, Erasmus+ hEduLearnIt
Martine Bagot, M.D., Paris, Erasmus+ hEduLearnIt
Peter Schmid, M.D., Zürich, IFD Contact
Vahid Djamei, Coordination and IT (SWISS4WARD)

 

 

Statistics 2023

Over 30'000 registred users from 400 Universities in 60 countries

 

 

Milestones

 

1998

Web-based (html ) Lecture on Dermatology and Venerology (G. Burg)

 

2000

Swiss Virtual Campus-Projekt #991017 launched; Founding Editor: Günter Burg, M.D., Department of Dermatology, Zürich. Co-Founders: Lasse Braathen, M.D., Bern; Peter Elsner, M.D., Jena; Renato Panizzon, M.D., LausanneTheo Rufli, M.D., Basel; Stephan Lautenschlager, M.D., Zürich; Programming: Vahid Djamei, Zürich

 

2002

Editing of the Swiss Catalogue of Learning Objectives (CLO), based on the Dutch CLO. 2nd edition 2008

 

2003

1st Release of DOIT

 

2006-2008

Swiss Virtual Campus-project ceased. Acquisition of Sponsors: Baugarten-Foundation, Zurich; Georg and Bertha Schwyzer-Winiker-Foundation, Zurich; Ernst Göhner Foundation, Zurich

 

2009

2nd Release of DOIT

 

2011

  • Revision German and English
  • 3rd Release of DOIT www.cyberderm.net
  • 1st of Doit Mobile

 

2012

  • Installation of a local DOIT-server at the Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital of Kathmandu University in Nepal
  • Founding of the DOIT-Association
  • Editing of the WebBook (German Ed.)

 

2013

  • Tax-Exemption of the DOIT-Association by the office of the Kanton Zürich
  • EDF Erasmus+ Grant Requests (Harmonized European Dermatology Undergraduate Training by Strategic Partnership, HEDUSPa)

 

2015

  • Flyer DOIT/EDF released
  • Agreement and Lizensing with the EDF; cont. 2015. Implementation of the EDF/DOIT-Managing Board and the EDF-Review-Board

 

2016

4th Release of Cyberderm www.cyberderm.net

 

2017

2nd Release of Cyberderm Mobile App

 

2018

2nd Edition WebBook (English Ed.)

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

5th Release of Cyberderm www.cyberderm.net

 

2022

  • Over 300 pigment-rich skin clinical images added in all chapters
  • 3 new chapters have been included: Neglected tropical dermatoses (NTD'S), Special conditions, symptoms and syndromes and General dermatology

 

2023

  • New Release of Cybergames
  • 3rd Release of Cyberderm Mobile App

 

2024

 

 

Translations from German or English and Revisions

 

2003

French: Constance Pournaras, M.D., Lausanne

 

2004

English: Walter Burgdorf, M. D. , Munich

 

2005

Portuguese: Roberto Azambuja, M.D., Brasilia

 

2006

Spanish: José Mascaro jr, M.D., Madrid

 

2007

Revision of the German and English versions

 

2009

Italian: Marina Papoutsaki, M.D. and Antonio Costanzo, M.D., Rome

 

2015

Chinese: Huiting Dong, M.D.,Z; Chin He Liu, M.D., Zhe; Jiangan Zhang, M.D., Zhengzhou, China

 

2020-22

Revision of the German and English versions
German: Günter Burg M.D., Zurich, Switzerland
English: Jonathan White M.D., London, UK

 

Awards

 

2004

Finalist, European Contest, Paris

 

2005

Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft (GMW) e.V. http://www.gmw-online.de: Medida-Prix Finalist, Rostock

 

2006

GMW: Medida-Prix Finalist, Zürich

 

2009

GMW: Medida-Prix Winner, Berlin

 

2012

DOIT selected as eduGain (www.edugain.org) prototype project for “interfederation” access in a Network of Universities

 

 

Evaluations and Surveys

 

2005

Undergraduate students of Medicine, Zürich

 

2007

SurveyMonkey Questionnaire

 

2009

Chappius at rete

 

2010

Faculty of Medicine, Zürich

 

2015

SurveyMonkey Questionnaire

 

2015

University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, School of Business and Informatic

 

 

Technology

The 1st edition written in HTML by Reto Schaffner, M.D., Zürich. It was based on the lecture documents of Günter Burg.

2nd edition of DOIT was a web-based proprietary program, worked out by Vahid Djamei and Arpage, Zürich.
The 3rd and 4th editions of DOIT were a web-based platform using the Java-based Content Management System of Magnolia.The Platform supports two types of authentication / authorization, user and role management: simple and federated, based on the Federated-SSO standard called  Shibboleth. DOIT Mobile is based on Appcelerator Framfork. Game Design: P Vuarnoz, SP Walz, U Rigonalli, School of Art & Design and ETH, Zürich.

5th edition of Cyberderm has been developed using node-based Apostrophe CMS by Swiss4ward.
3rd version of mobile application has been developed as native Apps in iOS and Android by Swiss4ward.

 

 

Supporters

Swiss Virtual Campus-Projekt #991017 (2000-2006); Swiss Universities; Baugarten-Foundation, Zurich; Georg and Bertha Schwyzer-Winiker-Foundation, Zurich; Ernst Göhner Foundation , Zurich; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), Zurich

 

 

Organigram

organigram
  1. EDF: Alexander Navarini, Basel; Josep Malvehy, Barcelona
  2. DOIT: Günter Burg, Zürich; Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, Zürich; Lars French, Zürich; Vahid Djamei, Zürich. The DOIT Association is the owner and copyright holder of the DOIT platform
  3. Delegates of the National European Societies (28)
  4. Assigned by the EDF Board (3-5)
  5. Founding Unversities; Zürich (Leading House), Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Zürich Triemli and Jena