Xiangyu Chen, Matthew F Gong, Song Wu, Jinshen He
"LEARN", a novel teaching method for Chinese clinical clerkship: A cross-sectional study
Frontiers in surgery
increasing clinical demands adversely impact academic advancement including ability deliver lectures disseminate scholarly work virtual lecture platform became mainstream height coronavirus19 pandemic lessons learned period may offer insight supporting academic productivity among physicians must balance multiple demands including high clinical workloads family care responsibilities evaluated perceptions delivering virtual lectures determine whether virtual venues merit continuation beyond pandemics initial phase whether perceptions differ gender rank survey study faculty spoke 1 3 virtual lecture programs departments anesthesiology critical care medicine otolaryngology radiology university hospital 2020 2022 queried experience speakers motivations lecture virtually perceived advantages disadvantages virtual inperson lectures analyzed using descriptive statistics qualitative analyses seventytwo 95 76 faculty members responded 40 women 38 men 22 gender undisclosed virtual lectures supported speakers lot extremely following goals enhancing ones reputation credibility 76 networking 70 receiving feedback 63 advancing prospects promotion 59 virtual programs also increased speakers sense accomplishment 70 professional optimism 61 least lot including instructors assistant professors previously difficulty obtaining invitations speak outside institution many respondents declined prior invitations speak inperson due clinical workload 66 family care responsibilities 58 previous opportunities lecture inperson also refused due finances 39 teaching 26 research 19 requirements personal medical conditions disabilities 9 religious obligations 5 promotion stronger motivating factor lecture virtually instructors assistant professors associate full professors contrast disseminating work ideas stronger motivator associate full professors associate full professors also reported greater improvement workrelated wellbeing earlier career faculty virtual lecture experience differences found gender virtual lecture programs support faculty might otherwise opportunity lecture inperson due multiple constraints increase dissemination scholarly work expand opportunities faculty virtual lectures continue even inperson venues reestablished