Medical education webinar has been conducted for many doctors during  the six months following the pandemic because it works to minimize the spread of COVID19 outbreaks. Webinars were probably the only solution to Continuing Education (CME) at this time, but months after the pandemic, their number and frequency increased significantly. In addition to telemedicine, 

 Doctors struggled to manage the virtual agenda and attended extensive £, training courses, doctor visits, board and committee meetings. As some authors suggest, it’s not surprising that some doctors have experienced a “digital burnout.” 

Physicians’ ability  to participate in these online educational activities is hampered by several factors, and the lack of proper regulation of the best educational format, timing of medical education webinar delivery, or methods of feedback is the COVID 19 crisis. It led to some challenges. 

Webinar Methods

Participants 

 This web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted from November 1st to 15th, 2020. This study was approved by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health’s Institutional Review Board. The study was developed using snowball technology and distributed to physicians in different disciplines and  countries across multiple medical social networks. Responses to the survey were considered  implied consent to participate in the survey, and all responses were confidential. This survey complies with the reporting guidelines of the American Association for Public Opinion Survey (AAPOR). 

 Survey 

25 Questionnaires are designed in English, combining multiple-choice and Likert  scale questions, with the option for respondents to provide additional free-text answers to some questions. .. A pilot study was conducted on a random sample of 25 physicians to determine the feasibility of using the questionnaire. Each author randomly sent a questionnaire to  10 doctors from their contacts, and 25 responded. This was considered a good sample. 

Next, the survey was changed with respect to the wording of the question, the wording of the answer preference, and the addition of certain demographic variables before distribution. In the COVID 19 pandemic, the study describes doctors’ attitudes towards shifting scientific activity to an online format on a five-point Likert scale (“I don’t think so”, “I don’t think so”, or “Neither”. It is intended to be evaluated using “No”, “I agree”, “Completely agree”). Agree “). For a specific question. The self-managed survey was developed using a “GoogleTM form” that requires respondents to log in to their Google account to prevent duplicate entries by respondents.

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