Nurturing peer-to-peer interactions in a virtual world  

As medical events pivoted from conference centers to virtual meeting rooms, learning opportunities continued. Lectures and presentations translated across to the new digital world, but with one notable exception.    The ‘small talk’ that leads to big talk was lost. From snatched conversations in passing, through to group debates, peer-to-peer interactions are the number one thing that physicians and key opinion leaders (KOLs) say they miss about physical events.  “Peer interaction is essential for information exchange and to better understand trends in management of disease states from around the country,” says gastroenterologist Dr Paul Feuerstadt, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, who, like most physicians, formerly m et up with his peers at national and international conferences, as well as when participating in regional meetings and advisory boards.  “As we get further into our careers, we become products of our surrounding micro-environment, so discussing how others handle different situations make us better diagnosticians and providers. This communication is an essential tool in keeping us up to date with our practices and using the most opt imal diagnostic and therapeutic tools.”     Face-to-face conversations with peers have offered tangible benefits beyond socializing for Feuerstadt in the past. “At an in-person conference, several of my colleagues and I were discussing the limitations and strengths of various...
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