Opinion polls
In May and June we conducted an Opinion Poll on the ECCMID 2009 in Helsinki, in which 599 persons participated. The results from the multiple-choice questions are now available below.
Results
1
Please indicate your educational background
MD22437.4%
MD and PhD11819.7%
PhD (go directly to question 3)15125.2%
Other (go directly to question 3)10617.7%
total599
2
If you are an MD, what is your specialty? (PhDs should skip this question.)
Clinical Microbiology11232.3%
Infectious Diseases12435.7%
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases5315.3%
other5816.7%
total347
3
Where is your place of work?
microbiological laboratory (hospital, university, private laboratory, industry, as bench worker or head)32153.6%
clinical setting or clinical research (hospital or private practice, clinical research in industry, independent of position)21435.7%
office / administration (neither seeing patients nor working in a laboratory) 6410.7%
total599
4
How was the balance between scientific sessions devoted to basic science and devoted to practical aspects of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases?
adequate48781.3%
too much basic science498.2%
too practice-oriented6310.5%
total599
5
Did the scientific programme meet your expectations of getting the latest scientific information in your field?
exceed549.0%
yes41168.6%
no (please specify below)284.7%
partially (please specify below)10617.7%
total599
7
The quality of the poster sessions is very important to us. The abstract rejection rate was 26% this year. How do you rate the quality of the poster sessions in 2009?
improved24741.2%
decreased152.5%
no change33756.3%
total599
