Tips to optimize digital education in ophthalmology: Results from ESASO survey

Mariantonia Ferrara; Vito Romano; Claudio Iovino; Mustafa R. Kadhim; Elon H.C. van Dijk; Camiel J.F. Boon; Piergiacomo Grassi; Sibel Demirel; Cristian Cartes; Mario R. Romano; Aniruddha Agarwal; Francesco Aiello; Aseef Amed; Francesca Amoroso; Martina Angi; Adrian Au; Ernesto Bali; Aman Chandra; Gilda Cennamo; Michela Cennamo; Marco Coassin; Antonio Di Zazzo; Giulia Coco; Francesco Maria D'Alterio; Claudia Del Turco; Carlo La Spina; Roberto Dell'Omo; Pasquale Napolitano; Tito Fiore; Andrea Govetto; Nataliia Malachkova; Rodolfo Mastropasqua; Francesco Matarazzo; Gerard McGowan; Michele Reibaldi; Robert Rejdak; Catherine Dianne Reyes-Delfino; Carlos Rocha-de-Lossada; Davide Romano; Francesca Romano; Luca Rombetto; Tommaso Rossi; Vincenzo Scorcia; David Steel; Mario Toro; Xavier Valldeperas; Jose L. Vallejo-Garcia; Demetrios Vavvas; Agostino S. Vaiano; Dinah Zur

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Tips to optimize digital education in ophthalmology: Results from ESASO survey

Mariantonia Ferrara^*, Vito Romano, Claudio Iovino, Mustafa R. Kadhim, Elon H.C. van Dijk, Camiel J.F. Boon, Piergiacomo Grassi, Sibel Demirel, Cristian Cartes, Mario R. Romano, Aniruddha Agarwal, Francesco Aiello, Aseef Amed, Francesca Amoroso, Martina Angi, Adrian Au, Ernesto Bali, Aman Chandra, Gilda Cennamo, Michela CennamoMarco Coassin, Antonio Di Zazzo, Giulia Coco, Francesco Maria D'Alterio, Claudia Del Turco, Carlo La Spina, Roberto Dell'Omo, Pasquale Napolitano, Tito Fiore, Andrea Govetto, Nataliia Malachkova, Rodolfo Mastropasqua, Francesco Matarazzo, Gerard McGowan, Michele Reibaldi, Robert Rejdak, Catherine Dianne Reyes-Delfino, Carlos Rocha-de-Lossada, Davide Romano, Francesca Romano, Luca Rombetto, Tommaso Rossi, Vincenzo Scorcia, David Steel, Mario Toro, Xavier Valldeperas, Jose L. Vallejo-Garcia, Demetrios Vavvas, Agostino S. Vaiano, Dinah Zur

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Purpose: To identify audience and faculty preferences to optimize digital education sessions in ophthalmology. Methods: We distributed an online survey to ophthalmology trainees and specialists worldwide. The survey investigated respondents’ preferences on various findings of hypothetical digital educational sessions. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Fisher's exact probability and ANOVA tests. Results: The survey was completed by 655 respondents, from 53 different countries. According to most respondents, the optimal duration and timeframe for a valuable digital education session would be 30–60 min, without a break (52%), in the evening time-slot (6-8 p.m.) (45%) of a weekday (Monday-Thursday) (46%), regardless of age (p-value = 0.84, 0.39, 0.89, respectively) and job position (p-value = 0.31, 0.29, 0.08, respectively). The availability of webinars and recorded surgical videos/clinical cases, associated with live discussion, represented the most important opportunity of digital educational channels for 46% and 42% of respondents, respectively. Conclusion: Appropriate planning of timing and structure of digital educational ophthalmology sessions may optimize their effectiveness. Using multiple e-learning formats may be helpful to ensure the continuity of learning activities, also in view of a long-term replacement of traditional in-person education.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	745-753
Number of pages	9
Journal	European Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/11206721221093187
State	Published - Mar 2023

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Digital education
learning
ophthalmology
ophthalmology training
professional education
survey
teaching

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Ferrara, M., Romano, V., Iovino, C., Kadhim, M. R., van Dijk, E. H. C., Boon, C. J. F., Grassi, P., Demirel, S., Cartes, C., Romano, M. R., Agarwal, A., Aiello, F., Amed, A., Amoroso, F., Angi, M., Au, A., Bali, E., Chandra, A., Cennamo, G., ... Zur, D. (2023). Tips to optimize digital education in ophthalmology: Results from ESASO survey. European Journal of Ophthalmology, 33(2), 745-753. https://doi.org/10.1177/11206721221093187

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Ferrara, M, Romano, V, Iovino, C, Kadhim, MR, van Dijk, EHC, Boon, CJF, Grassi, P, Demirel, S, Cartes, C, Romano, MR, Agarwal, A, Aiello, F, Amed, A, Amoroso, F, Angi, M, Au, A, Bali, E, Chandra, A, Cennamo, G, Cennamo, M, Coassin, M, Di Zazzo, A, Coco, G, D'Alterio, FM, Del Turco, C, La Spina, C, Dell'Omo, R, Napolitano, P, Fiore, T, Govetto, A, Malachkova, N, Mastropasqua, R, Matarazzo, F, McGowan, G, Reibaldi, M, Rejdak, R, Reyes-Delfino, CD, Rocha-de-Lossada, C, Romano, D, Romano, F, Rombetto, L, Rossi, T, Scorcia, V, Steel, D, Toro, M, Valldeperas, X, Vallejo-Garcia, JL, Vavvas, D, Vaiano, AS & Zur, D 2023, 'Tips to optimize digital education in ophthalmology: Results from ESASO survey', European Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 745-753. https://doi.org/10.1177/11206721221093187

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