- Title
- Adapting to a global pandemic through live virtual delivery of a cancer collaborative trial group conference: the TROG 2020 experience
- Creator
- McDowell, Lachlan; Goode, Susan; Sundaresan, Puma
- Relation
- Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology Vol. 64, Issue 3, p. 414-421
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.13047
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Asia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Introduction: The global COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the TROG 2020 face to face Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). It was instead delivered as a live virtual meeting with 6 days of planning. Here, we report the participants’ experience of this live virtual meeting. Method: Participants were invited to complete custom-developed, pre- and post-meeting surveys to assess their expectations of and satisfaction with the live virtual format. Speakers and moderators were also invited to complete a custom-developed satisfaction survey. The working parties of TROG (head/ neck/skin, genitourinary, breast and lung) were also sampled. Results: In total, 188/273 (69%) registered participants logged in to the live virtual meeting. The online engagement for each of the oral sessions ranged from 53 to 66%. There were 102 and 57 responders to the online pre- and post-meeting surveys, respectively. The majority of pre-meeting responders indicated a significant level of employer support to attend the virtual meeting. Post-meeting satisfaction exceeded pre-meeting expectations (‘very much’ and ‘quite a bit’; 86% vs. 54%; P < 0.0001). The majority indicated they would be ‘quite a bit’ or ‘very much’ interested in future live virtual meetings. Conclusion: The TROG 2020 ASM was conducted as a live virtual meeting. Participant satisfaction and future interest in a live virtual meeting was high, indicating this is a viable platform for other CCTG’s faced with the decision to deliver virtual content at times of global public health threats.
- Subject
- COVID-19; pandemics; radiation oncologists; radiation oncology; workforce; Sustainable Development Goals; SDG 7
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1427747
- Identifier
- uon:38564
- Identifier
- ISSN:1754-9477
- Language
- eng
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