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ArticleAnnals of vascular surgery2021

Vascular e-Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The EL-COVID Survey.

Nikolaos Patelis, Theodosios Bisdas, Zaiping Jing, Jiaxuan Feng, Matthias Trenner, Nyityasmono Tri Nugroho, Paulo Eduardo Ocke Reis, Stephane Elkouri, Alexandre Lecis, Lamisse Karam and 30 more

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Article in Annals of vascular surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

40 authors.

Nikolaos PatelisThird Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Greece; National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Electronic address: patelisn@gmail.com.
Theodosios BisdasThird Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Greece.
Zaiping JingVascular surgery department, First affiliated hospital to Navy medical university, Shanghai, PR China.
Jiaxuan FengVascular surgery department, First affiliated hospital to Navy medical university, Shanghai, PR China.
Matthias TrennerKlinikum rechts der Isar, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Nyityasmono Tri NugrohoFaculty of Medicine University of Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital, Indonesia.
Paulo Eduardo Ocke ReisFederal University Fluminense, Brazil.
Stephane ElkouriCentre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Canada.
Alexandre LecisCentre Hospitalier de Troyes, France.
Lamisse KaramHotel Dieu de France Hospital, Lebanon.
Dirk Le RouxUniversity of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Mihai IonacUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania.
Marton BerczeliSemmelweis University, Hungary.
Vincent JongkindAmsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Kak Khee YeungVU Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Athanasios KatsargyrisParacelsus Medical University, Klinikum Nurenberg, Germany; National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Efthymios AvgerinosUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA; National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Demetrios MorisDuke University Medical Center, USA.
Andrew ChoongNational University of Singapore, Singapore.
Jun Jie NgNational University of Singapore, Singapore.
Ivan CvjetkoUniversity Hospital Merkur, Croatia.
George A AntoniouManchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Phil GhibuUniversity Hospital Hairmyres, UK.
Alexei SvetlikovVascular & endovascular surgery Center, National Scientific-Clinical Memorial Hospital, "Professor I.I. Mechnikov", North-Western Medical University, The Russian Federation.
Fernando Gallardo PedrajasHospital Quironsalud Málaga, Spain.
Harm EbbenSemmelweis University, Hungary.
Hubert StepakPoznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland.
Andrii ChornuyTernopil University Clinic, Ukraine.
Sviatoslav KostivTernopil University Clinic, Ukraine.
Stefano AncettiUniversity of Bologna, Italy.
Niki TadayonShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Akli MekkarCHU Titi Ouzou, Algeria.
Leonid MagnitskiyPirogov City Hospital No1, The Russian Federation.
Liliana Fidalgo-DomingosHospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Spain.
Sean MatheikenBedford Hospital NHS Trust, UK.
Eduardo Sebastian Sarutte RoselloUniversidad de la Republica, Uruguay.
Arda IsikErzincan Binali Yildirim University, Turkey.
Georgios KirkilesisNational & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Kyriaki KakaviaNational & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Sotirios GeorgopoulosNational & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has radically changed the possibilities for vascular surgeons and trainees to exchange knowledge and experience. The aim of the present survey is to inventorize the e-learning needs of vascular surgeons and trainees as well as the strengths and weaknesses of vascular e-Learning.

methodsAn online survey consisting of 18 questions was created in English, with a separate bilingual English-Mandarin version. The survey was dispersed to vascular surgeons and trainees worldwide through social media and via direct messaging from June 15, 2020 to October 15, 2020.

resultsEight hundred and fifty-six records from 84 different countries could be included. Most participants attended several online activities (>4: n = 461, 54%; 2-4: n = 300, 35%; 1: n = 95, 11%) and evaluated online activities as positive or very positive (84.7%). In deciding upon participation, the topic of the activity was most important (n = 440, 51.4%), followed by the reputation of the presenter or the panel (n = 178, 20.8%), but not necessarily receiving accreditation or certification (n = 52, 6.1%). The survey identified several shortcomings in vascular e-Learning during the pandemic: limited possibility to attend due to lack of time and increased workload (n = 432, 50.5%), no protected/allocated time (n = 488, 57%) and no accreditation or certification, while technical shortcomings were only a minor problem (n = 25, 2.9%).

conclusionsDuring the COVID-19 pandemic vascular e-Learning has been used frequently and was appreciated by vascular professionals from around the globe. The survey identified strengths and weaknesses in current e-Learning that can be used to further improve online learning in vascular surgery.

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LearningSurveys and QuestionnairesComorbidityComputer-Assisted InstructionCOVID-19Education, Medical, GraduateFollow-Up StudiesHumansPandemicsRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Specialties, SurgicalVascular DiseasesVascular Surgical Procedures

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PMID34478845
PMCPMC8407942

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