Sarani Babak, Shiroff Adam, Pieracci Fredric M, Gasparri Mario, White Thomas, Whitbeck SarahAnn, Gross Ronald
Center for Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J Surg Educ. 2021 May-Jun;78(3):889-895. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.09.004. Epub 2020 Sep 29.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in cancellation of medical peer meetings. The Chest Wall Injury Society Annual Summit was scheduled for April 2020. Due to safety concerns, the Society altered the meeting to an online format. The purpose of this paper is to describe how this was accomplished and also to highlight its outcomes.
An online survey of participants was carried out to assess their views on the educational yield and technical difficulties encountered as compared to in-person meetings.
Sixty two of 275 (23%) registered participants filled out the survey. Eighty four percent felt that the educational quality was excellent/good. Seventy five percent and 95% felt in-person meetings are better for education and for networking, respectively. Eighty seven percent preferred in-person meetings in the future but would attend a virtual meeting again. Thirteen percent had technical difficulties accessing the meeting.
Online meetings are feasible but in-person meetings have more educational and networking value.
新冠疫情导致医学同行会议取消。胸壁损伤协会年度峰会原定于2020年4月举行。出于安全考虑，该协会将会议改为线上形式。本文旨在描述这一转变是如何实现的，并突出其成果。
对参会者进行线上调查，以评估他们对教育收益以及与线下会议相比所遇到的技术困难的看法。
275名注册参会者中有62名（23%）填写了调查问卷。84%的人认为教育质量优秀/良好。75%和95%的人分别认为线下会议在教育和社交方面更具优势。87%的人未来更倾向于线下会议，但也会再次参加线上会议。13%的人在访问会议时遇到技术困难。
线上会议是可行的，但线下会议具有更高的教育和社交价值。
