Experiences of Turkey’s First National E-Congress of Emergency Medicine

Abstract

Aim:In our study, by analyzing the first national emergency medicine e-congress organized during the pandemic process, it was investigated what differences it made to the emergency medicine field.Materials and Methods:The study was arranged by taking data from www.acilakademi.net website, which was published under the title of “1st National Emergency Medicine E-Congress of the Emergency Medicine Physicians Association of Turkey (ATUDER)” between June 11 and June 13, 2020.Results:A total of 120 speakers and 545 listeners attended. 66.7% of the speakers were male, 45% verbally (oral presentation) presented, and 45.8% participated with the title of attending physicians. 13.3% of the topics presented by the speakers were critical care. The clothes 69.2% of them wore were in the style of daily clothes. The average speaking time of the invited speakers is 18.71±4.91 (13.3-31.19) minutes. While the average number of people watching the invited speakers was 46.65±43.86 (16-252), the number of those who watched the presentations until the end was calculated as 14.73±8.43 people. It was observed that the male gender was in a significant majority with oral presentations, invited speakers, and moderators (p=0.020).Conclusion:Organizing online congresses is advantageous for the participants as an alternative to the traditional congress and it can be made more effective with some arrangements.

Keywords

• e-congress
• emergency medicine
• pandemic
• gender balance