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Result Summary for Survey:Thoracic Surgery Portal Content

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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The latest survey on CTSNet content in the Thoracic Portal provides important information as to what users find effective and what new content they would like to see.  Clinical practice is most influenced by Experts' Techniques and by clinical videos.  Clinical knowledge is most influenced by current literature.  New features that users would most like to see include difficult case discussions by experts, and critical analysis of selected issues, either through pro-con debates or evidence-based reviews.  There is also some interest in availability of CME credits on CTSNet.  The CTSNet management group will be meeting in the next few months to address these issues and will strive to make the Thoracic Portal increasingly responsive to the users' needs.

1. What CTSNet content makes the biggest impact on your clinical practice (you may select more than one)?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 News updates  8.1%   7 
 Experts’ techniques  40.2%  35 
 Literature watch  24.1%   21 
 New technology  2.3%   2 
 Technical videos  25.3%   22 
 Case of the month    0.0%   0 
answered question  87 
skipped question  2 
2. What CTSNet content has the biggest impact on your knowledge base (you may select more than one)?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 News updates  5.7%   5 
 Experts’ techniques  18.2%   16 
 Literature watch  52.3%  46 
 Technical videos  8.0%   7 
 Case of the month  5.7%   5 
 New technology  4.6%   4 
 Weblogs  2.3%   2 
 Commentaries  3.4%   3 
answered question  88 
skipped question  1 
3. What new CTSNet content would you most like to see (you may select more than one)?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 Difficult case discussions  57.8%  48 
 Basic science correlations  6.0%   5 
 Core curriculum for practicing surgeons  36.1%   30 
answered question  83 
skipped question  6 
4. What additional features would you most like to see on CTSNet (you may select more than one)?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 CME credits  18.8%   16 
 Experts' opinions on management of difficult cases  32.9%   28 
 Pro-con debates on controversial topics  40.0%   34 
 Evidence-based summaries of current controversies  69.4%  59 
answered question  85 
skipped question  4 
5. In what region do you work?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 North America  39.5%  34 
 Europe  30.2%   26 
 South America  12.8%   11 
 Asia  11.6%   10 
 Africa  5.8%   5 
answered question  86 
skipped question  3 
6. How often do you visit the thoracic portal?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 Daily  8.1%   7 
 Weekly  51.2%  44 
 Monthly  31.4%   27 
 Less than monthly  9.3%   8 
answered question  86 
skipped question  3 
7. What are your reasons for not visiting the thoracic portal more often?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 Content doesn’t update often enough  44.1%  30 
 Content not interesting enough  7.4%   5 
 Portal is too difficult to reach  5.9%   4 
 Most of my time is spent in other areas of CTSNet  44.1%  30 
answered question  68 
skipped question  21 

 

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