Staying Virtual: A Survey Study of the Virtual Lecture Experience in Academic Medicine
Authors' conclusion
Virtual lecture programs support faculty who might not otherwise have the opportunity to lecture in-person due to multiple constraints.
Study context
- Population
- Faculty who spoke in 1 of 3 virtual lecture programs (Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Otolaryngology, Radiology) at a university hospital, 2020–202272 (76%) responded
- Participants
- 95 participants
- Outcome
- Perceptions of delivering virtual lectures (motivations, advantages and disadvantages vs in-person), by gender and rank
Methodological detailssingle university hospital, 3 departments, descriptive and qualitative analyses
- Single university hospital
- 3 departments
- Descriptive and qualitative analyses
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Virtual lectures supported goals "a lot" to "extremely"
- Enhancing reputation and credibility
- 76%
- Networking
- 70%
- Receiving feedback
- 63%
- Advancing prospects for promotion
- 59%
- Increased sense of accomplishment (at least "a lot")
- 70%
- Increased professional optimism (at least "a lot")
- 61%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Reasons for declining prior in-person invitations
- Clinical workload
- 66%
- Family care responsibilities
- 58%
- Finances
- 39%
- Teaching requirements
- 26%
- Research requirements
- 19%
- Personal medical conditions or disabilities
- 9%
- Religious obligations
- 5%
Differences by rank
- Promotion a stronger motivator for instructors and assistant professors than associate and full professors
- Disseminating work and ideas a stronger motivator for associate and full professors
- Associate and full professors reported greater improvement in work-related well-being
Differences by gender
- Very few differences found by gender
Original publication
Staying Virtual: A Survey Study of the Virtual Lecture Experience in Academic Medicine. Anesth Analg. Published 28 April 2023. doi:10.
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