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Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles

BACKGROUND: To investigate the use of internet resources by surgeons for continuing professional development (CPD). RESULTS: This cross-sectional study was carried out between July 1, 2021, to October 31, 2021, at the Department of Medicine, Health Sciences University Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Traini...

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Autores principales: Cimen, Sanem Guler, Eraslan, Asir, Uysal, Fahrettin Samil, Dogan, Ahmet Emin, Kokurcan, Alihan, Yilmaz, Muhammet Sahin, Baylan, Burhan, Cimen, Sertac
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774385
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.899803
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author Cimen, Sanem Guler
Eraslan, Asir
Uysal, Fahrettin Samil
Dogan, Ahmet Emin
Kokurcan, Alihan
Yilmaz, Muhammet Sahin
Baylan, Burhan
Cimen, Sertac
author_facet Cimen, Sanem Guler
Eraslan, Asir
Uysal, Fahrettin Samil
Dogan, Ahmet Emin
Kokurcan, Alihan
Yilmaz, Muhammet Sahin
Baylan, Burhan
Cimen, Sertac
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description BACKGROUND: To investigate the use of internet resources by surgeons for continuing professional development (CPD). RESULTS: This cross-sectional study was carried out between July 1, 2021, to October 31, 2021, at the Department of Medicine, Health Sciences University Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, with participants from nine surgical specialties: General surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery, ear-nose-throat surgery, cardiovascular surgery, ophthalmology, and anesthesiology. All study participants were asked to complete a questionnaire comprising 23 questions regarding their age, duration of work experience, appointment status, venue, and time spent on internet resources and preferred online resources for CPD purposes. In addition, participants were divided into two groups according to their appointment status: academic faculty and staff surgeons. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 17.0. The target population consisted of 216 specialists. The survey was completed by 204 (94.4%) surgical specialists. The majority of the specialists (n = 137, 67.2%) reported using the internet for work-related purposes every day. Daily time spent on internet resources was reported to be 30–60 min by 39.2% (n = 80) participants, whereas 52 (25.5%) reported spending less than 30 min. The participants wished to spend more time on internet resources. The majority of surgeons found the hospital and home equally effective in using the internet and preferred to engage alone. The mean age, English language level, usage of online resources, and the attitude score toward the perceived credibility and usefulness of e-resources were significantly higher in the academic faculty group than staff surgeons (p < 0.005). On the other hand, the use of Google/Google scholar was similar between the two groups (p = 0.192). Technical difficulties such as slow internet, need for website registration, and article fees were considered drawbacks for internet resources among all the participants. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that most surgeons use internet resources daily for CPD and stated they would like to engage longer despite technical difficulties. Institutions should address these technical difficulties.
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spelling pubmed-92373572022-06-29 Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles Cimen, Sanem Guler Eraslan, Asir Uysal, Fahrettin Samil Dogan, Ahmet Emin Kokurcan, Alihan Yilmaz, Muhammet Sahin Baylan, Burhan Cimen, Sertac Front Surg Surgery BACKGROUND: To investigate the use of internet resources by surgeons for continuing professional development (CPD). RESULTS: This cross-sectional study was carried out between July 1, 2021, to October 31, 2021, at the Department of Medicine, Health Sciences University Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, with participants from nine surgical specialties: General surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery, ear-nose-throat surgery, cardiovascular surgery, ophthalmology, and anesthesiology. All study participants were asked to complete a questionnaire comprising 23 questions regarding their age, duration of work experience, appointment status, venue, and time spent on internet resources and preferred online resources for CPD purposes. In addition, participants were divided into two groups according to their appointment status: academic faculty and staff surgeons. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 17.0. The target population consisted of 216 specialists. The survey was completed by 204 (94.4%) surgical specialists. The majority of the specialists (n = 137, 67.2%) reported using the internet for work-related purposes every day. Daily time spent on internet resources was reported to be 30–60 min by 39.2% (n = 80) participants, whereas 52 (25.5%) reported spending less than 30 min. The participants wished to spend more time on internet resources. The majority of surgeons found the hospital and home equally effective in using the internet and preferred to engage alone. The mean age, English language level, usage of online resources, and the attitude score toward the perceived credibility and usefulness of e-resources were significantly higher in the academic faculty group than staff surgeons (p < 0.005). On the other hand, the use of Google/Google scholar was similar between the two groups (p = 0.192). Technical difficulties such as slow internet, need for website registration, and article fees were considered drawbacks for internet resources among all the participants. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that most surgeons use internet resources daily for CPD and stated they would like to engage longer despite technical difficulties. Institutions should address these technical difficulties. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9237357/ /pubmed/35774385 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.899803 Text en Copyright © 2022 Cimen, Eraslan, Uysal, Dogan, Kokurcan, Yilmaz, Baylan and Cimen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Surgery
Cimen, Sanem Guler
Eraslan, Asir
Uysal, Fahrettin Samil
Dogan, Ahmet Emin
Kokurcan, Alihan
Yilmaz, Muhammet Sahin
Baylan, Burhan
Cimen, Sertac
Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles
title Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles
title_full Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles
title_fullStr Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles
title_short Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles
title_sort utilization of internet resources by surgeons for continuous professional development in the era of prevailing covid-19 pandemic: trends and obstacles
topic Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774385
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.899803
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