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The annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research is a prominent showcase for epidemiologists to present their research and share their expertise with peers. There are multiple ...paths to being on a podium at the meeting, and that role has implications for not only the speaker but also the audience. The article by Nobles et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2021;190(9):1710–1720) represents an innovative investigation of representation among speakers at 3 recent SER annual meetings, with a primary focus on gender. Women were significantly under-represented as symposium speakers, which is an important role at the meeting. Symposium talks are invited talks and thus recognition of stature in the field. However, women were not under-represented as speakers in the concurrent contributed sessions, which are not invited talks and undergo blinded peer review. This gender contrast between the speakers at concurrent contributed sessions and the symposia is likely due to the different submission processes for the 2 types of presentations, but it could also reflect the review processes. Although the symposia are highly informative and enjoyable components of the meetings, some modifications in the submission and evaluation processes may be beneficial.
The study assessed Agriculture lecturer’s perception of the benefits of professional meetings in Nigeria. The study was conducted in Southeast and southsouth geo political zone of Nigeria. ...Multistage sampling technique was used to select eighty agriculture lecturers for the study. Data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire and analysed using frequency counts, percentages and mean. Of the eighty agriculture lecturers used for the study, 59% were male, 81% married and 55% had their doctorate degree. The mean age and working experience were 43yrs and 11yrs respectively. Majority (98.8%) had attended national professional meetings in the past five years while only 32.5% had attended international professional meetings in the past five years. Also, 77% attend at most two professional meetings in a year. Of the five professional meetings (conferences, workshop, trainings, symposiums and seminar) examined in this study, result show that agriculture lecturers attach so much value to conferences (M =3.78). It was also shown that agriculture lecturers strongly perceive the benefits of professional meetings to be: connects one to relevant networking team (M = 3.86), exposes one to new arrears in agriculture (M = 3.82) and gives one the opportunity to contribute his/her quota to knowledge. Based on the results of the study, it was recommended the need to support agriculture lecturer’s attendance to international conferences and other international professional meetings to enable them expand their networking and collaboration activities. This is by offering sponsorships and other incentives to lecturers whose papers are accepted for presentation in such meetings.
The study assessed Agriculture lecturer’s perception of the benefits of professional meetings in Nigeria. The study was conducted in Southeast and southsouth geo political zone of Nigeria. ...Multistage sampling technique was used to select eighty agriculture lecturers for the study. Data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire and analysed using frequency counts, percentages and mean. Of the eighty agriculture lecturers used for the study, 59% were male, 81% married and 55% had their doctorate degree. The mean age and working experience were 43yrs and 11yrs respectively. Majority (98.8%) had attended national professional meetings in the past five years while only 32.5% had attended international professional meetings in the past five years. Also, 77% attend at most two professional meetings in a year. Of the five professional meetings (conferences, workshop, trainings, symposiums and seminar) examined in this study, result show that agriculture lecturers attach so much value to conferences (M =3.78). It was also shown that agriculture lecturers strongly perceive the benefits of professional meetings to be: connects one to relevant networking team (M = 3.86), exposes one to new arrears in agriculture (M = 3.82) and gives one the opportunity to contribute his/her quota to knowledge. Based on the results of the study, it was recommended the need to support agriculture lecturer’s attendance to international conferences and other international professional meetings to enable them expand their networking and collaboration activities. This is by offering sponsorships and other incentives to lecturers whose papers are accepted for presentation in such meetings.
The study assessed Agriculture lecturer’s perception of the benefits of professional meetings in Nigeria. The study was conducted in Southeast and southsouth geo political zone of Nigeria. ...Multistage sampling technique was used to select eighty agriculture lecturers for the study. Data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire and analysed using frequency counts, percentages and mean. Of the eighty agriculture lecturers used for the study, 59% were male, 81% married and 55% had their doctorate degree. The mean age and working experience were 43yrs and 11yrs respectively. Majority (98.8%) had attended national professional meetings in the past five years while only 32.5% had attended international professional meetings in the past five years. Also, 77% attend at most two professional meetings in a year. Of the five professional meetings (conferences, workshop, trainings, symposiums and seminar) examined in this study, result show that agriculture lecturers attach so much value to conferences (M =3.78). It was also shown that agriculture lecturers strongly perceive the benefits of professional meetings to be: connects one to relevant networking team (M = 3.86), exposes one to new arrears in agriculture (M = 3.82) and gives one the opportunity to contribute his/her quota to knowledge. Based on the results of the study, it was recommended the need to support agriculture lecturer’s attendance to international conferences and other international professional meetings to enable them expand their networking and collaboration activities. This is by offering sponsorships and other incentives to lecturers whose papers are accepted for presentation in such meetings.
Posters are an established mode of disseminating scientific research. They require careful preparation and presentation. During the former, the authors need to pay attention to the following ...features: choice of text, fonts and colors, illustrations and graphics, adequate presentation of methods and results, as well as to-the-point discussion of key messages. The latter is regrettably slightly neglected but very important. Indeed, poster presenters need to give a brief talk highlighting the research question and communicating the findings of the study, their novelty, and the anticipated clinical implications. In conclusion, practice is needed to create successful posters, but the result may be useful and pleasing.
While many academic conferences are transitioning to online events, this article aims to share several strategies used by the organizers of a well-established online-only conference. The Teaching, ...Colleges, and Community (TCC) Worldwide Online Conference recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. After a brief review of TCC’s history, four strategies that organizers have identified as helping conference goers feel oriented, welcomed, connected and engaged are described. These strategies include offering a “pre-conference” orientation, including regional keynote speakers, creating opportunities for informal exchange, and encouraging participation with digital credentials.
INTRODUCTIONClinical research is the study of patients with the aim of improving care. Our objectives were to calculate the percentage of presentations at territorial section meetings of the Spanish ...Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) that described clinical research, to assess the level of evidence the research provided, and to analyze change in clinical research volume over time. MATERIAL AND METHODSWe reviewed supplements of the journal Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas for 2000 through 2015 that contained abstracts of presentations given at the AEDV section meetings in Galicia; the area comprising Asturias, Cantabria, and Castile-Leon (ACCL); and Andalusia. We selected abstracts that met a previously validated definition of clinical research and categorized each according to level of evidence. We also analyzed how the weight of clinical research presentations changed over time. RESULTSOf the total of 1,188 presentations, 29.6% met the criteria that defined clinical research. Most provided level-4 evidence (95.2%); 44.2% of those presentations reported cross-sectional studies and 55.8% analyzed case series. Clinical research accounted for 26.6% of the presentations in Galicia (94.7% of them, level 4), 22.7% of those at the ACCL meeting (97.6%, level 4), and 37.2% of those in Andalusia (94.3%, level 4). The proportion of clinical research increased significantly over the years studied. CONCLUSIONSClinical research accounted for 29.6% of the communications presented at the meetings we reviewed. Most of these presentations concerned case series or cross-sectional studies. The prevalence of clinical research presentations differed between the 3 territories studied, but the levels of evidence were similar. The proportion of clinical research in the programs of these meetings has increased over time.
Clinical research is the study of patients with the aim of improving care. Our objectives were to calculate the percentage of presentations at territorial section meetings of the Spanish Academy of ...Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) that described clinical research, to assess the level of evidence the research provided, and to analyze change in clinical research volume over time.
We reviewed supplements of the journal Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas for 2000 through 2015 that contained abstracts of presentations given at the AEDV section meetings in Galicia; the area comprising Asturias, Cantabria, and Castile-Leon (ACCL); and Andalusia. We selected abstracts that met a previously validated definition of clinical research and categorized each according to level of evidence. We also analyzed how the weight of clinical research presentations changed over time.
Of the total of 1,188 presentations, 29.6% met the criteria that defined clinical research. Most provided level-4 evidence (95.2%); 44.2% of those presentations reported cross-sectional studies and 55.8% analyzed case series. Clinical research accounted for 26.6% of the presentations in Galicia (94.7% of them, level 4), 22.7% of those at the ACCL meeting (97.6%, level 4), and 37.2% of those in Andalusia (94.3%, level 4). The proportion of clinical research increased significantly over the years studied.
Clinical research accounted for 29.6% of the communications presented at the meetings we reviewed. Most of these presentations concerned case series or cross-sectional studies. The prevalence of clinical research presentations differed between the 3 territories studied, but the levels of evidence were similar. The proportion of clinical research in the programs of these meetings has increased over time.
La investigación clínica (IC) se centra en el estudio de los pacientes para mejorar su atención. Nuestro objetivo fue conocer qué porcentaje de las comunicaciones presentadas a las reuniones de tres secciones territoriales de la AEDV cumplen criterios de IC, su nivel de evidencia y su evolución temporal.
Se revisaron las comunicaciones científicas de las reuniones territoriales gallega, astur-cántabro-castellano-leonesa (ACL) y andaluza publicadas en los suplementos de la revista Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (años 2000-2015). Utilizando una definición de IC previamente validada, se estableció cuáles de los resúmenes se ajustaban a dicha definición, se determinó su nivel de evidencia y la evolución temporal del porcentaje de estudios de investigación.
De las 1.188 comunicaciones analizadas, el 29,6% cumplieron criterios de IC. La mayoría correspondían a un nivel de evidencia4 (95,2%), distribuidos en un 44,2% de estudios transversales y un 55,8% de series de casos. La prevalencia de la IC en las secciones gallega, ACL y andaluza fue del 26,6% (94,7%, nivel 4), del 22,7% (97,6%, nivel 4) y del 37,2% (94,3%, nivel 4), respectivamente. El porcentaje de trabajos de IC aumentó significativamente a lo largo de los años.
La IC representa el 29,6% de las comunicaciones en las reuniones evaluadas. La mayoría de los trabajos corresponden a series de casos y estudios transversales. Los territorios estudiados muestran diferencias en cuanto al porcentaje de IC, pero siguen una distribución similar de los niveles de evidencia. En el periodo de tiempo evaluado, el porcentaje de comunicaciones sobre IC se ha incrementado.
How do librarians learn about diversity? What role do library and information science (LIS) education and LIS associations play in developing that knowledge? How do librarians talk about diversity? ...We surveyed librarians across the United States, Canada, and a few other countries and found that life experience and media play a greater role in diversity knowledge than do LIS education, LIS associations, or LIS workplaces. Although diversity is still discussed largely in terms of race and ethnicity, our respondents also considered factors such as personality, cognitive style, political viewpoint, and socioeconomic status in their discussions of diversity.
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