让下一代参与或阻止? 对心脏外科会议费用的分析
Kelsey Stefanyk1, Alejandra Castro-Varela2, Nicolas Mourad1
1Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Annals of thoracic surgery short reports
|January 10, 2025
概括
对于来自低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 的实习生和与会者来说,国际心脏外科会议费用仍然很高,限制了可访问性. 需要进一步削减,以确保未来心脏外科医生的公平参与.
科学领域:
- 心血管外科心血管外科
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 全球卫生平等全球卫生平等
背景情况:
- 学术会议对于心脏外科的知识交流至关重要.
- 金融障碍不成比例地影响学员,低收入人士以及来自低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 的学员.
- 了解这些财务障碍对于改善会议可访问性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估国际心脏外科会议的注册费用.
- 为了确定各种各样的与会者群体的潜在财务障碍.
- 为提高会议包容性的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 分析2022-2023年国际心脏外科会议的注册费用.
- 基于职业阶段和社会成员资格的费用分类.
- 收集关于子专业,地点,折扣和虚拟出席选项的数据.
主要成果:
- 分析了17个会议,为学生,居民和研究员提供折扣.
- 社会成员学生的学费在0-390美元 (中位数为15美元) 之间.
- 社会成员居民/学员的费用在0-795美元 (中位数为200美元) 之间,员工费用在200-802美元 (中位数为545美元) 之间.
- 只有23.5%的会议为LMIC与会者提供了明确的折扣; 29.4%有虚拟选项.
结论:
- 实质性的会议费仍适用于实习生和LMIC参与者.
- 较低的收入和购买力造成了巨大的财务负担.
- 会议必须积极减少机会平等的财政障碍.
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