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

ABSTRACT:

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 res

SUBMITTER: Ismail II 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8051773 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature