Some Comments about the Needs Assessment:

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Some Comments about the Needs Assessment

• 56 surveys were handed in
• Not all questions were answered on each survey
• Sometimes more than one answer was given

2
Surgeon Demographics
3
Practice Specialty
surgeons
4
Size of Community
S U R G E O N S
Population size
5
Practice is Vascular
surgeons
Percent Practice is Vascular
6
Primary Practice Interest?

• Choices Open arterial sx.,Endovascular
  sx.,Vascualr Lab,Endovenous Laser,Research
• All but 1 included open arterial sx.
• Majority chose Open art sx.plus some combination
  of between 1 and 5 of the other choices
• One person said Laparoscopic Vascular Surgery

7
Primary Practice Interests
surgeons
8
Education Responsibilities ?
surgeons
9
Admin. Responsibilities ?

• HospitalCommittees,Chief of staff or service
• UniversityCommittees,Program Director,Administrat
  ion
• OtherAdmin of National or Provincial associations

10
Admin.Responsibilities?
SURGEONS
11
EndoVasc. Cases Done Per Year
Angiograms Performed
surgeons
12
PTA/STENT Peripheral Cases/year
surgeons
13
EVAR Cases/year
SURGEONS
14
CAROTID STENTING Cases/year
SURGEONS
15
Willingness To Learn a Skill ?(Likert Scale)
Angiography
surgeons
16
Peripheral PTA/STENT
surgeons
17
EVAR
surgeons
18
Carotid Stenting
surgeons
19
Have you made a formal effort to gain
Endovascular skills ?

• YES 39
• NO 17

20
How have you obtained Endovasc. Skills ?

• Formal Endovasc Fellowship 9
• During Vasc.Fellowship Training 9
• Working with Radiology 5
• Working with trained surgeons 11
• Mini Courses 8
• EVAR rounds 1
• Research Lab 1

21
Barriers to gaining Endovasc skills

• Practice to busy to train 20
• Low case volumes at our center 4
• Unequal Support in my Vasc .Group 1
• Radiology Opposition 18
• Cardiology Opposition 1
• Lack of Funds to train 3
• Hospital Admin Opposition 9
• Prov.Govt opposition
• Training Availability 1
• Lack of Guidelines for training 1

22
Satisfaction with CSVS annual Meeting
23
Timing of Meeting (Early Fall) ?
surgeons
24
Rotating Location of Meeting ?
surgeons
25
Length Of Meeting (2 Days) ?
surgeons
26
CSVS meeting not conducted in association with
other society meetings Satisfied or Dissatisfied ?
surgeons
27
Educational Activities at the Annual CSVS Meeting
(What changes would you like to see ?)
28
Oral Presentations of accepted Abstracts ?
surgeons
29
Poster Presentation accepted Abstracts ?
surgeons
30
Workshops/Small Group sessions should be included
?
surgeons
31
Hands on Technical Skill sessions should be
included ?
surgeons
32
Would you support Poster presentations of some
abstracts to allow more time for new formats
(small group sessions,workshops etc. )to be
implemented ?

• YES 31
• NO 20

33
Educational Content of Annual MeetingWhat Topics
should be addressed ?
34
Peer reviewed Research(Basic science Trials) ?

• Suggested format
• Oral Pres.23
• Poster 26
• Large Group 11
• Sm.Grp./Workshop
• 4
• Hands on session 2

surgeon
35
Peer Reviewed Research(Clinical
StudiesEpidemiological,etc.) ?

• Suggested
• Format
• Oral Pres 40
• Poster 7
• Large Grp. 15
• Sm grp./Workshop 5
• Hands On 0

S U R G E O N S
36
Peer Reviewed ResearchClinical Studies /Case
Reports ?

• Suggested Format
• Oral Pres 36
• Poster 8
• Large Grp.12
• Sm.Grp/Workshop 3
• Hands on 1

S U R G E O N S
37
Peer Reviewed Research Educational,Ethics,Trainin
g Credentialing ,etc. ?
S U R G E O N S

• Suggested Format
• Oral Pres. 25
• Poster 6
• Large Grp. 19
• Sm. Grp./Workshop 11
• Hands on 0

38
Technical Skills Sessions(Endovascular) ?

• Suggested Format
• Oral Pres. 0
• Poster 1
• Large Group 4
• Sm.Grp./Workshop 27
• Hands on 35

S U R G E O N S
39
Sessions On Emerging Clinical Issues ?

• Suggested Format
• Oral Pres. 21
• Poster 1
• Large Grp. 28
• Sm.Grp./workshop 13
• Hands on 7

S U R G E O N S
40
Sessions on Practice and Professional Issues
(Practice Management,Building Endovascular
programs ?
S U R G E O N S

• Suggested Format
• Oral Pres 10
• Poster 1
• Large Grp. 20
• Sm.Grp./workshop 26
• Hands on 0

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Interesting Cases /Video Sessions ?

• Suggested Format
• Oral Pres 22
• Poster 3
• Large Group session 24
• Sm.Grp./workshop 12
• Hands on 0

S U R G E O N S
42
Sessions On Ethical and Communication Issues in
Vascular Surgery ?

• Suggested Format
• Oral Pres. 15
• Poster 6
• Large Group 18
• Sm.Grp./workshop 14
• Hands on 1

S U R G E O N S
43
Sessions on Health Care System and
Vasc.Sx.Implications ?
S U R G E O N S

• Suggested Format
• Oral Pres. 16
• Poster 3
• Large Grp. 29
• Sm Grp 8
• Hands on 0

44
Comments
45
Topics Over-Represented At Annual Meeting

• EVAR 11 Surgeons felt this was over-represented

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Topics Under Represented at Annual Meeting

• Venous Disease 6 Surgeons
• Vascular Lab 16
• Hemodialysis Access 20
• Vascular Medicine 4
• Open AAA Repair 4
• Education 2
• National Issues1 ,Asx.Carotid Disease1
  ,Credentialing 1,Trauma 1,Basic
  research1,Wound care1,How I do it 1

47
Should be a joint session with Radiology at
Annual Meeting ?

• Yes 34
• No 21

48
Use CSVS Web site to enhance learning at meeting
(ex.Presentations available on Web site) ?

• Yes 44
• No 9

49
CSVS Web site should provide CME and professional
Development opportunities above and beyond Annual
meeting(ex.case presentations,interactive
quizzes) ?

• Yes 44
• No 6

50
What are your objectives for attending the Annual
meeting ?

• Social 39
• Research Interest 20
• CME 36
• Discussion with colleagues 5
• Training issues 1
• Pulse on National issues 1
• Networking 5

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Further Comments

• Target topics at meeting,should not be dictated
  solely by paper submission
• More opportunity for community surgeons to
  participate ie small group sessions
• Expert Panels for each topic discussed
• More radiology involvement
• Live cases by video feed
• Needs Assessment should go to all Surgeons doing
  Vasc.in Canada
• Start Meeting at 9 am

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Comments Continued

• Broader scope of topics
• Touch Pad Technology for audience
• Debate Format
• Mini symposiums on Big Topics
• Limit Basic science to Posters
• Stick to Large Cities for meetings
• Meeting should invite European societies to
  attend
• Use meeting to create national initiatives for
  Vasc. Surg.in Canada