title: Educational outcomes of The University of Toronto Visiting Professor Rounds Series.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess how the University of Toronto Visiting Professors Rounds Series (UTVPRS) influenced the knowledge, perceptions, and clinical decision making of Canadian ophthalmologists.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight hundred and fifty ophthalmologists registered with the Canadian Ophthalmological Society.
  
  
  METHODS
  Online surveys, using multiple-choice and reflection questions, were administered before and after online viewing of the University of Toronto Ophthalmology grand rounds as screencasts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 18 months, 124 users registered and watched 429 screencasts. Most participants found UTVPRS to be organized and user friendly. Mean prescreencast correct scores were 1008 versus 1288 postscreencast (p = 0.002). Postscreencast, 73% of participants replied in favour of changing future practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  UTVPRS was well received with demonstrated knowledge gain and potential practice change. The long-term and patient-related outcomes of the results require further research.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, B.C.. Electronic address: waiching.lam@utoronto.ca.
authors: Zaid N
authors: ZN
authors: Mammo
authors: Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
authors: Fouad
authors: F
authors: Yousif
authors: Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
authors: Wai-Ching
authors: WC
authors: Lam
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D056164:Teaching Rounds / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*