Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Medical Education
Date Submitted: Sep 27, 2021
Date Accepted: Nov 6, 2021
Adjusting to the Reign of Webinars: Viewpoint
ABSTRACT
Background:
With the integration of COVID-19 into our lives, the way events are organized has changed. The Cerrahpaşa Neuroscience Days held on May 8-9, 2021 was one of the conferences that were affected. The annual conference of the student based Cerrahpaşa Neuroscience Society went online for the first time and had the premise of going international.
Objective:
With this study, we aim to both discuss how a virtual conference is organized and perceived, and where our conference stands within the literature as a completely student-organized event.
Methods:
The conference was planned according to virtual standards and promoted to primarily medical schools. During the execution, there were no major issues. The feedback was collected via a form made with Google Forms.
Results:
Out of 2195 registrations, 299 qualified to receive a certificate. The feedback forms revealed a general satisfaction, and the overall quality of the event was rated an average 4.6 out of 5, the numerical results of various Likert scale based questions were statistically analyzed. Open-ended questions provided improvement suggestions for future events.
Conclusions:
The virtual Cerrahpaşa Neuroscience Days was a success in organization and received positive feedback from the participants. We aim to ground future events on this experience.
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