What is your vision for online education during the coronavirus pandemic?
Because the coronavirus pandemic is still preventing us from gathering for conferences in person, and we do not think that this situation will change before the end of 2021, we would like to get your opinion on continuing medical education in reproductive medicine during and after the pandemic.
We would appreciate it if you could spare a minute or two to answer few short questions on the topic. The survey below was born from a collaboration between IVF-Worldwide and Reproductive BioMedicine Online (RMBO).
We hope that your input will help the reproductive medicine community understand how you foresee medical education in the future and your expectations for congresses in light of the current uncertainty around the world.
What was your main source of continuing education over the past year?
- Printed material
- Online journals
- Digital/printed textbooks
- Online webinars
- Online congresses
What financial model do you prefer for obtaining online material?
- Receiving online material free of charge
- Paying for content by subscription
For online material provided, which would you prefer to receive?
- A brief summary and conclusions, with a link to the lecture/transcript
- The whole lecture only
What should the optimal duration of an online presentation be?
- 15 minutes
- 20 minutes
- 30 minutes
- 40 minutes
- More than 40 minutes
What duration should the post-presentation discussion be?
- 5 minutes
- 10 minutes
- 15 minutes
- More than 15 minutes
- There should not be a post-presentation discussion
When do you think we should return to conducting live, in-person congresses?
- 0-6 months
- 7-12 months
- 13-18 months
- More than 18 months
Would you be willing to pay to earn CME points from a meeting or webinar (face to face or online)?
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Would you be willing to pay to earn CME points from a meeting or webinar (face to face or online)?
- Yes
- No
Would you expect future congresses to be hybrid, meaning both face-to-face and online at the same time?
- Yes
- No
- Mainly online
- Mainly face-to- face
In what format would you like online congress exhibition hall booths to be?
- 3D design
- Simple structure
Do you visit the exhibition hall at all online meetings?
- Always
- During most of the congresses events
- Only during a few of the congresses events
- Never
If you have limited time to spend at an online congress, what would you prefer to watch/listen to?
- An industrial session
- A session of invited lecturers in the main program
- An abstract presentation
Do you expect to have virtual hands-on workshops with the congress?
- Yes
- No
What would you prefer more?
- A webinar with one or two speakers
- A moderated journal club session where an author presents a paper and 2-3 panelists discuss the paper with him/her
