1. Tips to optimize digital education in ophthalmology: Results from ESASO survey
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Mariantonia Ferrara, Vito Romano, Claudio Iovino, Mustafa R Kadhim, Elon HC van Dijk, Camiel JF Boon, Piergiacomo Grassi, Sibel Demirel, Cristian Cartes, Mario R Romano, Aniruddha Agarwal, Francesco Aiello, Aseef Amed, Francesca Amoroso, Martina Angi, Adrian Au, Ernesto Bali, Aman Chandra, Gilda Cennamo, Michela Cennamo, Marco Coassin, Antonio Di Zazzo, Giulia Coco, Francesco Maria D'Alterio, Claudia Del Turco, Carlo La Spina, Roberto Dell'Omo, Pasquale Napolitano, Tito Fiore, Andrea Govetto, Nataliia Malachkova, Rodolfo Mastropasqua, Francesco Matarazzo, Gerard McGowan, Michele Reibaldi, Robert Rejdak, Catherine Dianne Reyes-Delfino, Carlos Rocha-de-Lossada, Davide Romano, Francesca Romano, Luca Rombetto, Tommaso Rossi, Vincenzo Scorcia, David Steel, Mario Toro, Xavier Valldeperas, Jose L Vallejo-Garcia, Demetrios Vavvas, Agostino S Vaiano, Dinah Zur, Ophthalmology, ANS - Complex Trait Genetics, Ferrara, Mariantonia, Romano, Vito, Iovino, Claudio, R Kadhim, Mustafa, Hc van Dijk, Elon, Jf Boon, Camiel, Grassi, Piergiacomo, Demirel, Sibel, Cartes, Cristian, R Romano, Mario, Kadhim, Mustafa R, van Dijk, Elon Hc, Boon, Camiel Jf, Romano, Mario, and Toro, Mario
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ophthalmology ,ophthalmology training ,Digital education ,learning ,professional education ,survey ,teaching ,Settore MED/30 ,General Medicine - Abstract
Purpose To identify audience and faculty preferences to optimize digital education sessions in ophthalmology. Methods We distributed an online survey to ophthalmology trainees and specialists worldwide. The survey investigated respondents’ preferences on various findings of hypothetical digital educational sessions. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Fisher's exact probability and ANOVA tests. Results The survey was completed by 655 respondents, from 53 different countries. According to most respondents, the optimal duration and timeframe for a valuable digital education session would be 30–60 min, without a break (52%), in the evening time-slot (6-8 p.m.) (45%) of a weekday (Monday-Thursday) (46%), regardless of age ( p-value = 0.84, 0.39, 0.89, respectively) and job position ( p-value = 0.31, 0.29, 0.08, respectively). The availability of webinars and recorded surgical videos/clinical cases, associated with live discussion, represented the most important opportunity of digital educational channels for 46% and 42% of respondents, respectively. Conclusion Appropriate planning of timing and structure of digital educational ophthalmology sessions may optimize their effectiveness. Using multiple e-learning formats may be helpful to ensure the continuity of learning activities, also in view of a long-term replacement of traditional in-person education.
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- 2022