Changing Preferences for Scientific Meetings Platform Among Doctors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Questionnaire-Based Survey
| Author | Bhagwati Wadwekar | en |
| Author | Magi Murugan | en |
| Author | Kandasamy Ravichandarn | en |
| Orcid | Bhagwati Wadwekar [0000-0003-0218-4969] | en |
| Orcid | Magi Murugan [0000-0002-8458-479X] | en |
| Orcid | Kandasamy Ravichandarn [0000-0003-4239-3597] | en |
| Issued Date | 2021-08-31 | en |
| Abstract | Background: The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the COVID‑19 as a global pandemic in early 2020. Lockdown was declared by the Indian government across the country. No recommendations were laid down for academic scientific meetings. Despite precautions, there is a high risk of infections in the physical meetings. Therefore, the scientific community resorted to virtual meetings. Objectives: This study was done to determine the doctor's preferred platform for scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We conducted this cross-sectional survey among doctors using Google forms. It consisted of a questionnaire consisting of 17 validated questions related to the preference of scientific meetings. Results: We had 314 responses from doctors. The virtual meeting was preferred by 154 (49%) doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Convenience (103, 44.2%) was the most important reason for preferring virtual meetings. We did not find a statistical association in preference for the type of meeting with age, gender, and seniority during the pandemic. However, a significantly higher number of doctors practicing super-specialty (P = 0.005) and private practitioners (P = 0.027) preferred virtual meetings. All age groups preferred physical meetings in the future, but it was preferred to large extent by doctors aged more than 50 years (P = 0.059) with broad specialty (P = 0.005) and medical college doctors (P = 0.002). Conclusions: Most doctors preferred virtual meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The super-specialist and private practitioners preferred virtual meetings during the pandemic and even in the future. Hence, the virtual platform should stay along with physical scientific meetings. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/jme.115744 | en |
| Keyword | Continuing Medical Education | en |
| Keyword | Questionnaire | en |
| Keyword | Survey | en |
| Keyword | Scientific Meetings | en |
| Keyword | Virtual Meeting | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Changing Preferences for Scientific Meetings Platform Among Doctors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Questionnaire-Based Survey | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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