COVID-19 pandemisinin ulusal göz hastalıkları toplantılarındaki bildiri katılımı üzerine etkileri

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türk Oftalmoloji Derneği (TOD) tarafından düzenlenen ulusal oftalmoloji toplantılarındaki bildiri katılımına COVID-19 pandemisinin etkisinin değerlendirmesidir. Gereç ve yöntem: TOD tarafından daha önce gerçekleştirilen ulusal oftalmoloji toplantılarına ait veriler TOD web sitesinden retrospektif olarak derlendi. COVID-19 pandemisi ile ilgili online ve planlanmış yüz yüze müteakip toplantılar dikkate alındı. Poster ve sözlü bildiri sayıları ve bildirilerin konu alanları kaydedildi. Bulgular: Online toplantılarda toplam poster ve sözlü sunum sayısı 1505 iken yüz yüze toplantılarda bu sayı 1294 oldu (%14,0 fark). Poster sunumları ile ilgili olarak, online toplantılarda toplam 1001 poster sunumu yapılırken, yüz yüze yapılan toplantılarda poster sunumu sayısı 865 olarak gerçekleşti. Benzer şekilde online toplantılarda sözlü sunum sayısı 504, yüz yüze toplantılarda ise 429 oldu. Bu bulgu, çevrimiçi toplantılarda hem poster hem de sözlü sunum katılımının yüz yüze toplantılara göre (sırasıyla) %13,5 ve %14,8 oranında daha yüksek olduğunu göstermiştir. Sonuç: COVID-19 salgını sırasında çevrimiçi olarak gerçekleştirilen ulusal oftalmoloji toplantılarının bildiri gönderim oranını olumlu yönde etkilediği ve çevrimiçi toplantıların bilimsel paylaşım ve iş birliğinin devam etmesini ve daha geniş popülasyonlara erişilebilir olmasını sağladığı görülmektedir.

Keywords

• COVID 19
• toplantı
• göz hastalıkları
• sunum

The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on paper participation in national ophthalmology meetings

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the current study is to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on paper participation in national ophthalmology meetings held by the Turkish Ophthalmology Association (TOA). Materials and methods: The data for the previous national ophthalmology meetings held by the TOA were gathered retrospectively from the TOA website. The COVID-19 pandemic-related online sessions and meetings with a scheduled in-person follow-up were taken into consideration. The number of poster and oral presentations and subject areas of the papers were recorded. Results: The total number of poster and oral presentations in online meetings was 1505, while it was 1294 in face-to-face meetings (a 14.0% difference). Regarding poster presentations, a total of 1001 posters were presented in online meetings, whereas number of poster presentations was 865 in face-to-face meetings. Similarly, in online meetings, the number of oral presentations was 504, while it was 429 in face-to-face meetings. This finding demonstrated both poster and oral presentation participation was higher by 13.5% and 14.8% (respectively) in online meetings than in the face-to-face meetings. Conclusion: It appears that national ophthalmology meetings held online during the COVID-19 pandemic had a favorable impact on the paper submission rate, and online meetings made sure that scientific sharing and collaboration continued and made it accessible to wider populations.

Keywords

• COVID 19
• meeting
• ophthalmology
• presentation

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