Running an online radiology teaching conference: why it's a great idea and how to do it successfully

Academic Radiology
Michael L RichardsonThomas P Martin

Abstract

At the authors' institutions, faculty members and trainees work at multiple sites scattered miles apart, making it difficult to physically attend weekly teaching conferences. As a possible solution, a weekly online musculoskeletal teaching conference was undertaken. This quickly grew to include multiple other sites around North America. The authors share their experiences to assist other radiologists in organizing similar educational conferences. The conferences are run using the Citrix GoToMeeting online meeting system. It runs on multiple platforms, including Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, and Android. Attendees use a wide variety of microphones, sound cards, powered speakers, and webcams. Most users have fast institutional Internet connections, though several attend via slower connections, such as 3G. The conference has run successfully for 2 years, with participants logging in from 24 different sites in 18 states, two Canadian provinces, and three countries. About 48 sessions are held each year, with 10 to 15 sites joining the conferences each week and about 10 to 15 cases seen each week. Most attendees are from university medical centers, though several private practice radiologists attend regularly. Screen-sharing quality is supe...Continue Reading

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