*Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA †Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Rome, "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy ‡Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI §Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL ∥Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada ¶Department of Anesthesiology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY #Department of Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2014 Jan;26(1):4-10. doi: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31829cf903.
Web-based delivery of educational material by scientific societies appears to have increased recently. However, the utilization of such efforts by the members of professional societies is unknown. We report the experience with delivery of educational resources on the Web site of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC), and utilization of those resources by members.
Three web-based educational initiatives were developed over 1 year to be disseminated through the SNACC Web site (http://www.snacc.org) for society members: (1) The SNACC Bibliography; (2) "Chat with the Author"; and (3) Clinical Case Discussions. Content experts and authors of important new research publications were invited to contribute. Member utilization data were abstracted with the help of the webmaster.
For the bibliography, there were 1175 page requests during the 6-month period after its launch by 122/664 (19%) distinct SNACC members. The bibliography was utilized by 107/553 (19%) of the active members and 15/91 (16.5%) of the trainee members. The "Chats with the Authors" were viewed by 56 (9%) members and the Clinical Case Discussions by 51 (8%) members.
Educational resources can be developed in a timely manner utilizing member contributions without additional financial implications. However, the member utilization of these resources was lower than expected. These are first estimates of utilization of web-based educational resources by members of a scientific society. Further evaluation of such utilization by members of other societies as well as measures of the effectiveness and impact of such activities is needed.
最近，科学学会通过网络提供教育材料的方式似乎有所增加。然而，专业学会成员对这些努力的利用情况尚不清楚。我们报告了在麻醉学和危重病医学神经科学学会（SNACC）的网站上提供教育资源的经验，以及成员对这些资源的利用情况。
在过去的一年中，我们开发了三个基于网络的教育计划，通过 SNACC 网站（http://www.snacc.org）分发给学会成员：（1）SNACC 参考书目；（2）“与作者聊天”；（3）临床病例讨论。邀请内容专家和重要新研究出版物的作者参与。在网站管理员的帮助下，提取成员使用数据。
在发布后的 6 个月内，有 122 名/664 名（19%）不同的 SNACC 成员对参考书目提出了 1175 次页面请求。107/553（19%）名活跃成员和 15/91（16.5%）名学员成员使用了参考书目。有 56 名成员观看了“与作者聊天”，有 51 名成员观看了临床病例讨论。
可以利用成员的贡献及时开发教育资源，而无需额外的财务投入。然而，这些资源的成员利用率低于预期。这是对科学学会成员使用基于网络的教育资源的首次估计。需要进一步评估其他学会成员对这些资源的利用情况，以及对这些活动的有效性和影响的衡量。
