Physician preferences for Online and In-person continuing medical education: a cross-sectional study.

Physician preferences for Online and In-person continuing medical education: a cross-sectional study.

Publication date: Oct 14, 2024

The worldwide market for continuing medical education (CME) was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which precipitated an increase in web-based CME course attendance. Virtual education methods may be effective for engaging learners and changing behaviors. However, more information is needed about physician preferences for in-person vs. livestreamed CME courses in the postpandemic era. Because of the paucity of data regarding this topic, the current study was designed to evaluate CME participant characteristics, preferences, engagement, and satisfaction with traditional in-person vs. virtual educational methods. A cross-sectional study was performed of attendees of two large internal medicine CME courses held in 2021. Both CME courses were offered via in-person and livestream options, and were taught by Mayo Clinic content experts. Participants, who consisted of practicing physicians seeking CME, completed a 41-question survey after CME course completion. Statistical comparisons were performed by using Fisher exact tests for all survey items, except for those with ordinal response sets, which were compared with Cochran-Armitage trend tests. A total of 146 participants completed the survey (response rate, 30. 2%). Among the 77 respondents who attended in-person courses, the most frequent reasons indicated were the opportunity to travel (66%) and collaboration/networking with others (25%). Among the 68 respondents who attended the livestream courses, the most frequent reasons indicated included COVID-19-related concerns (65%), convenience (46%), and travel costs (34%). The percentage of respondents who indicated that they would choose the same mode of attendance if given the option again was higher for those who attended in person than for those who attended via livestream (91% vs. 65%, P 

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Concepts Keywords
Education Continuing medical education
Livestream Hybrid learning
Pandemic In-person learning
Physicians Livestream learning

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19 pandemic
pathway REACTOME Reproduction
drug DRUGBANK Methylergometrine
drug DRUGBANK Trestolone
drug DRUGBANK Indoleacetic acid
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
disease MESH tics
drug DRUGBANK Etoperidone
disease IDO quality
disease MESH tuberculosis
pathway KEGG Tuberculosis
disease MESH syndrome
disease IDO process
disease MESH Burnout

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