The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on paper participation in national ophthalmology meetings

Authors : İbrahim TOPRAK, Deniz KILIC

Pages : 604-609

Doi:10.31362/patd.1332438

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Publication Date : 2023-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Purpose: The aim of the current study is to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on paper participation in national ophthalmology meetings held by the Turkish Ophthalmology Association insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TOA);. Materials and methods: The data for the previous national ophthalmology meetings held by the TOA were gathered retrospectively from the TOA website. The COVID-19 pandemic-related online sessions and meetings with a scheduled in-person follow-up were taken into consideration. The number of poster and oral presentations and subject areas of the papers were recorded. Results: The total number of poster and oral presentations in online meetings was 1505, while it was 1294 in face-to-face meetings insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(a 14.0% difference);. Regarding poster presentations, a total of 1001 posters were presented in online meetings, whereas number of poster presentations was 865 in face-to-face meetings. Similarly, in online meetings, the number of oral presentations was 504, while it was 429 in face-to-face meetings. This finding demonstrated both poster and oral presentation participation was higher by 13.5% and 14.8% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(respectively); in online meetings than in the face-to-face meetings. Conclusion: It appears that national ophthalmology meetings held online during the COVID-19 pandemic had a favorable impact on the paper submission rate, and online meetings made sure that scientific sharing and collaboration continued and made it accessible to wider populations.
Keywords : COVID 19, toplantı, göz hastalıkları, sunum