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Review
. 2024 Feb;21(1):17-20.
doi: 10.1192/bji.2023.26.

The pros and cons of virtual networking events: online exploratory survey of psychiatrists' opinions

Yuto Satake  1 , Izumi Kuramochi  2 , Ryo Kawagishi  3 , Masato Masuda  4 , Morio Aki  5 , Nozomu Oya  6
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The pros and cons of virtual networking events: online exploratory survey of psychiatrists' opinions

Yuto Satake et al. BJPsych Int. 2024 Feb.

Abstract

We conducted an online questionnaire-based cross-sectional study to clarify psychiatrists' perspectives on virtual networking events. We compared two groups of respondents: those who had participated in virtual networking events (experienced group, n = 85) and those who had not (inexperienced group, n = 13). The experienced group had a greater level of agreement than the inexperienced group that virtual events were generally useful and helped with forming professional relationships and improving professional skills. Respondents in the experienced group considered the ease of participation and low financial burden to be advantages of virtual networking meetings and difficulties in building friendships and socialising to be disadvantages.

Keywords: Japan Young Psychiatrists Organization; Networking; online questionnaire; video conference tool; virtual meeting.

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