Have We Passed the Peak? The COVID-19 Plastic Surgery Webinar Pandemic

Navia, Alfonso; Berner, Juan Enrique; Pereira, Nicolás; Reissis, Dimitris; Rakhorst, Hinne; Cuadra, Álvaro

doi:10.1093/asj/sjaa163

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major disruption to the conventional medical education across the world, and webinars were used in an attempt to maintain teaching and learning. This phenomenal shift of concepts has led to an increase in webinar usage in 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, by more than 300% in one study [9] and up to 3250% in another [10]. This is not the first time when traditional educational activities are suspended in a time of a major crisis.…”

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Physicians’ attitude towards webinars and online education amid COVID-19 pandemic: When less is more

2021

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Background Since the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, all scientific medical activities were shifted to an online format, in the form of webinars, to maintain continuing medical education (CME). We aimed to assess physicians’ attitude among different medical specialties towards this sudden and unexpected shift of traditional face-to-face meetings into webinars, and to suggest future recommendations. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, internet-based survey study using a 25-item questionnaire, from November 1 and November 15, 2020. The survey was created and distributed to physicians from different medical and surgical specialties and from different countries via several social media platforms, using a snowball technique. Results A total of 326 physicians responded; 165 (50.6%) were females, mean age of responders was 38.7 ± 7.5 years. The majority of responses (93.2%) came from Arab countries. Of them, 195 (59.8%) reported attending more webinars compared to the same period last year, with average of 3 per month. As regard to the general impression; 244 (74.8%) were “strongly satisfied” or “satisfied”, with the most satisfaction for “training courses: by 268 (82.2%), and “International conferences” by 218 (66.9%). However, 246 respondents (75.5%) felt overwhelmed with the number and frequency of webinars during the pandemic, 171 (52.5%) reported attending less than 25% of webinars they are invited to, 205 (62.8%) disagreed that webinars can replace in-person meetings after the pandemic, and 239 (73.3%) agreed that online meetings need proper regulations. Conclusions Webinars comprised a major avenue for education during COVID-19 pandemic, with initial general satisfaction among physicians. However, this paradigm shift was sudden and lacked proper regulations. Despite initial satisfaction, the majority of physicians felt overwhelmed with the number and frequency of webinars. Physicians’ satisfaction is crucial in planning future educational activities, and considering that this current crisis will most likely have long lasting effects, webinars should be viewed as complementing traditional in-person methods, rather than replacement. In this study, we are suggesting recommendations to help future regulation of this change.

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Physicians’ attitude towards webinars and online education amid COVID-19 pandemic: When less is more

2021

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“…Webinars and online conferences have multiple advantages: nonexistent venue and traveling costs for faculty and audience go a long way in reducing the carbon footprint in addition to giving participants the flexibility of accessing talks at their own convenience. [ 10 11 ]…”

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The perceived impact of webinars during the COVID.19 pandemic

Mishra

Nair

Verma

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Oman Journal of Ophthalmology

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OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to assess the perceived utility and the impact of web-based teaching programs being conducted following the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: An online survey was sent to trainee ophthalmologists across India through various social media platforms. The responses were tabulated and analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 768 valid responses were recorded. Majority of respondents (52.2%) felt that the ideal duration for webinars was 1 hour or less. Factors that helped trainees in choosing a webinar were the topic (95.1%), the timing (53.6%), and the speaker list (42.4%). Residents indicated a preference for webinars to attend aimed at postgraduate residency training, more specifically clinical problem-solving. Further questions were answered using a 1-10 Likert scale (1: least useful and 10: extremely useful). The median score when asked for overall usefulness of the webinars in general was 8 (interquartile range/IQR: 2). The median response when asked about utility of webinars in enhancing theoretical knowledge was 8 (IQR: 2) and the median for utility of webinar-based teaching programs in enhancing practical knowledge/surgical learning was also 8 (IQR: 2). The median score when asked about the utility of the webinar programs in acquiring skills for writing research papers/thesis was 7 (IQR: 3). Connectivity issues, audio/voice issues, and the long duration of webinars were some of the problems faced while attending webinars. CONCLUSIONS: Ophthalmology trainees in India found online teaching programs and webinars to be useful in enhancing their theoretical knowledge and practical skills/surgical learning. Administrators and educational institutes should tailor online teaching programs as per the needs and preferences of the residents.

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“…The idea of using the multiscreen to screen platform for scientific webinars is considered new; only recently this model have been practiced by scientific communities all over the world. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the largest series of webinars conducted by a single unit in a relatively short time period (68 webinars in 5 months) reported in the literature [ 13 ].…”

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“…Without underestimating the very great extent of online education in general, it looked that webinar has been a vast mode of knowledge transfer in medicine, especially during the pandemic [ 13 , 14 ]. This is true in regard to continuing medical education.…”

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Multiscreen to screen webinar for education beyond border: A review

Prasetyono

Christian

2020

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

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The COID-19 pandemic has forced people into a new way of adaptation with virtual meetings using videoconferencing apps.This study aims to report experiences of using a multiscreen to screen platform for sharing experiences in the form of Live Lecture and beyond. An observational study on distant CME events using multiscreen to screen webinar model was conducted from December 2019 - April 2020. Efficacy of the content delivery was measured using MCQs as pre- and post-test or by key questions. The videoconference was combined with a game platform to plant key points of the lecture. Among 68 webinars, there were 21 organied using multiscreen to screen platform, including 14 live lectures, 3 half-day webinars and 4 panel discussions. Only two live lectures were conducted with pre- and post-test. Six live lectures were added with key questions and game sessions. Time preference to oin the webinar session was at 9–10AM on the participants side; however, participations came from across the continents regardless the preference. Web-conference based activities become a new normal way of scientific meetings. A shorter event gets more participation and fewer number of participants leaving half-way through the event. Key questions and game sessions appear to be more interesting to the participants rather than pre- and post-test.

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Have We Passed the Peak? The COVID-19 Plastic Surgery Webinar Pandemic

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Physicians’ attitude towards webinars and online education amid COVID-19 pandemic: When less is more

Physicians’ attitude towards webinars and online education amid COVID-19 pandemic: When less is more

The perceived impact of webinars during the COVID.19 pandemic

Multiscreen to screen webinar for education beyond border: A review

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