Grech Victor, Myatt Jeremy Borg, Cuschieri Sarah
Department of Paediatrics, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida MSD2090, Malta.
Saudi J Anaesth. 2022 Oct-Dec;16(4):379-382. doi: 10.4103/sja.sja_276_22. Epub 2022 Sep 3.
The ability to publish is a career-critical skill but requires the acquisition of a wide and disparate skill set. The Write a Scientific Paper (WASP) course was created in Malta in 2010, an intensive, three-day event. WASP is an accredited event held in Malta, London, and Bahrain. The COVID pandemic forced WASP to go online. This study compared satisfaction with WASP online as opposed to in-person by analyzing course feedback pre- and post-pandemic.
Google forms are used to collect anonymous feedback on a Likert scale for various aspects of each WASP. The period 2017 to 2022 was used to compare four courses on-site and five courses online. Feedback on: Rate lectures, handouts, WASP overall and how likely are you to recommend WASP was compared.
Response rates were >60% and almost all Cronbach's Alpha values were >0.7. High satisfaction scores were achieved in all four questions (>4/5). There were no significant differences except in lectures, which scored well but fared slightly worse overall online.
Migrating online does not necessarily lead to change/s in presentation contents but transforms delivery. Our results indicate that WASP is accepted online but the slightly lower lectures score implies that WASP might be better delivered in-person than online. However, students remained happy to recommend WASP and this accords with other studies that overall, student satisfaction with online education is common. It is hoped that as the pandemic recedes, webinars complement and not continue to totally replace traditional in-person meetings.
发表文章的能力是一项对职业发展至关重要的技能，但需要掌握广泛且不同的一系列技能。“撰写科学论文”（WASP）课程于2010年在马耳他创立，是一项为期三天的密集活动。WASP是在马耳他、伦敦和巴林举办的一项获得认证的活动。新冠疫情迫使WASP转为线上举办。本研究通过分析疫情前后的课程反馈，比较了对线上WASP和线下WASP的满意度。
使用谷歌表单以李克特量表的形式收集关于每个WASP各个方面的匿名反馈。利用2017年至2022年期间比较了四门线下课程和五门线上课程。比较了以下方面的反馈：讲座评分、讲义、WASP整体评分以及你推荐WASP的可能性。
回复率>60%，几乎所有的克朗巴哈系数值>0.7。所有四个问题的满意度得分都很高（>4/5）。除了讲座方面，其他方面均无显著差异，讲座评分不错，但线上整体表现略差。
转为线上举办不一定会导致展示内容发生变化，但会改变授课方式。我们的结果表明，WASP在线上是被接受的，但讲座评分略低意味着WASP线下授课可能比线上更好。然而，学生们仍然很乐意推荐WASP，这与其他研究一致，即总体而言，学生对在线教育的满意度很常见。希望随着疫情消退，网络研讨会起到补充作用，而不是继续完全取代传统的线下会议。
