Journal article
Virtual conferences and e-learning in dermatology during COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a web-based, global survey
Clinics in dermatology, Vol.39(3), pp.461-466
05/01/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2021.06.002
PMCID: PMC8452843
PMID: 34518005
Abstract
During the pandemic, virtual conferences became the norm. We conducted a cross-sectional global study to assess dermatologists' responses to virtual conference and e-learning program atten-dance, as well as to discuss the status of such events during the pandemic. This web-based, global survey included 733 dermatologists. Primary outcomes are percentages of responders answering questions. As-sessment of the relationship between two categorical variables was performed with the chi-square test. A substantial percentage of responders were willing to attend a virtual meeting (70.6%) or webinar (80.2%), or to conduct a webinar (47.3%). Among participants who provided resident or fellow training before the pandemic, 38% responded that they did not have any teaching systems in place during the pandemic. Virtual conference attendance was significantly associated with video conference attendance before the pandemic, webinar attendance, teledermatology (TD) use during the pandemic, future TD use, having training systems in place for residents or fellows (P < .001 for each), and North American location of participant (P = .001). Webinar attendance was associated with North American location, conducting webinars (P < .001 for each), and future TD use (P = .024). This pandemic has had a profound effect on dermatology conferences and e-learning programs. Attending video conferences and webinars or other online training was associated with TD use and future use, which indicates that these technologies are all here to stay. (C) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Virtual conferences and e-learning in dermatology during COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a web-based, global survey
- Creators
- Shashank Bhargava - Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical CollegeNicole Negbenebor - Brown UniversityRoxanna Sadoughifar - Bidar Skin Ctr, Tehran, IranSerene Ahmad - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillGeorge Kroumpouzos - Brown University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinics in dermatology, Vol.39(3), pp.461-466
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2021.06.002
- PMID
- 34518005
- PMCID
- PMC8452843
- NLM abbreviation
- Clin Dermatol
- ISSN
- 0738-081X
- eISSN
- 1879-1131
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Dermatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984656608402771
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