Butler M W, Krishnaswami S, Minocha A
Stanford University, Pediatric Surgery, Stanford 94305, USA.
Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Feb;22(1):80-4. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1285907. Epub 2011 Aug 30.
The Global Paediatric Surgery Network (GPSN) website was launched in May 2010, with the following goals: to serve as a clearing house for pediatric surgery volunteer work performed worldwide, to provide online resources for surgeons working in areas of limited medical resources, and to provide practical and educational information for surgeons who wish to volunteer. The purpose of this study was to assess use of the website over the first year since its launch (May 6, 2010-May 5, 2011).
The GPSN website was examined for number of pages, number of listings in Past Work, Present Work, and Help Needed categories, as well as number of volunteers available. The online tool Google Analytics was used to assess parameters that measure use of the website, such as number of visits, number of page views, number of visitors, time on the website, and geographic origin of visitors.
The GPSN website consists of 30 pages. There are 9 listings in Past Work, 23 listings in Present Work, and 13 listings in Help Needed categories. 118 people have registered as willing to volunteer, and 96 have indicated that they are able to work in times of a natural disaster. There were 8437 visits to the website, with 28 916 page views by 5170 visitors from 145 countries, with an average number of page views of 3.43 and an average time on the website of 4:05 min. The most visited pages were the homepage, the meetings page, and the pediatric surgery organizations page. 4 websites of pediatric surgery organizations have links to the GPSN website.
Based on early website use, we conclude that there is an interest in the GPSN. We speculate that participation in the GPSN will continue to grow, but that there is a continued need to promote the website in the global pediatric surgery community.
全球儿科手术网络（GPSN）网站于2010年5月上线，其目标如下：作为全球儿科手术志愿工作的信息交换中心，为在医疗资源有限地区工作的外科医生提供在线资源，并为希望参与志愿工作的外科医生提供实用的教育信息。本研究的目的是评估该网站自上线第一年（2010年5月6日至2011年5月5日）的使用情况。
对GPSN网站的页面数量、“过去工作”“当前工作”和“需要帮助”类别中的列表数量以及可用志愿者数量进行了检查。使用在线工具谷歌分析来评估衡量网站使用情况的参数，如访问次数、页面浏览量、访问者数量、在网站上停留的时间以及访问者的地理来源。
GPSN网站由30个页面组成。“过去工作”类别中有9个列表，“当前工作”类别中有23个列表，“需要帮助”类别中有13个列表。118人已注册愿意参与志愿工作，其中96人表示能够在自然灾害期间工作。该网站有8437次访问，来自145个国家的5170名访问者浏览了28916个页面，平均页面浏览量为3.43，平均在网站上停留的时间为4分05秒。访问量最大的页面是主页、会议页面和儿科手术组织页面。4个儿科手术组织的网站链接到了GPSN网站。
基于网站的早期使用情况，我们得出结论，人们对GPSN有兴趣。我们推测参与GPSN的人数将继续增长，但仍需要在全球儿科手术社区继续推广该网站。
