The Radiation Oncology Education Collaborative Study Group 2020 Spring Symposium: Is Virtual the New Reality?

Autor:	Nelson BA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio., Lapen K; Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York., Schultz O; Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois., Nangachiveettil J; Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois., Braunstein SE; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California., Fernandez C; Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Fields EC; Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia., Gunther JR; Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas., Jeans E; Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota., Jimenez RB; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts., Kharofa JR; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio., Laucis A; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Yechieli RL; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida., Gillespie EF; Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York., Golden DW; Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: dgolden@radonc.uchicago.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics [Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys] 2021 Jun 01; Vol. 110 (2), pp. 315-321. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 26.
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.12.026
Abstrakt:	Purpose: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Radiation Oncology Education Collaborative Study Group (ROECSG) hosted its annual international symposium using a virtual format in May 2020. This report details the experience of hosting a virtual meeting and presents attendee feedback on the platform. Methods and Materials: The ROECSG symposium was hosted virtually on May 15, 2020. A postsymposium survey was distributed electronically to assess attendee demographics, participation, and experience. Attendee preference and experience were queried using 3-point and 5-point Likert-type scales, respectively. Symplur LLC was used to generate analytics for the conference hashtag (#ROECSG). Results: The survey was distributed to all 286 registrants, with a response rate of 67% (191 responses). Seventeen nonattendee responses were omitted from this analysis, for a total of 174 included respondents. Eighty-two attendees (47%) were present for the entire symposium. A preference for a virtual symposium was expressed by 78 respondents (45%), whereas 44 (25%) had no preference and 52 (30%) preferred an in-person meeting. A total of 150 respondents (86%) rated the symposium as "extremely" well organized. Respondents who had not attended a prior in-person ROECSG symposium were more likely to prefer the virtual format (P = .03). Seventy-eight respondents (45%) reported a preference for the virtual platform for reviewing scholarly work, and 103 (59%) reported a preference for an in-person platform for networking. On the day of the symposium, #ROECSG had 408 tweets and 432,504 impressions. Conclusions: The 2020 ROECSG symposium was well received and can serve as a framework for future virtual meetings. Although the virtual setting may facilitate sharing research, networking aspects are more limited. Effort is needed to develop hybrid virtual and in-person meetings that meet the needs of participants in both settings. Social media is a significant avenue for dissemination and discussion of information and may be valuable in the virtual setting. (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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