Final statistics of the OsiriX PRO workshops at ECR 2010

We have received the final statistics from ESR about the OsiriX PRO workshop at ECR 2010. The classroom was equipped with 12 iMacs and we conducted 9 Basic and 7 Advanced sessions.

More than 350 attendees participated at the workshops and most of them filled out the feedback form and returned it to ESR.

Based on their feedback , 2 things stuck out:

1. 98.6% of the attendee’s would like the topic to be repeated at next years’ ECR.

2. The overall rating of the workshops was 1.48, which translates in “good to very good”

We also received a lot of positive comments like “It’s amazing” or “The best ECR topic I’ve attended”. Of course there have been some suggestions for improvements like “a little bit slower” or “More Macs” or “More time for practice”.

We take our participants feedback serious and we will make these adjustments when ESR is asking us to hold these workshops again next year.

Here are the details of the evaluation:
Evaluation Sheets returned: 276

How do you rate the practical training?
Average: 1.44
Legend: very good: 1 good: 2 fair: 3 poor: 4

How would you rate your learning experience during this session?
Average: 1.44
Legend: very good: 1 good: 2 fair: 3 poor: 4

How likely is it that the workshop will change your working method in the future?
Average: 1.56
Legend: unlikely: 3 likely: 2 very likely: 1

Should the topic be repeated during a future ECR?
Yes: 98,6% No: 1,4%

Was there too much commercial influence on the session?
Yes: 14,8% No: 85,2%

About aycan

With over 14 years of experience, aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH is a pioneer in DICOM paper printing using high quality laser printers. The German and US based company also develops and markets solutions for PACS and Advanced Visualization. aycan was the first commercial supporter of the OsiriX project and is providing OsiriX PRO, the only CE-labeled and FDA-cleared OsiriX version as a medical device class II.

About OsiriX
OsiriX is a medical image processing application dedicated to DICOM images. It is published as Free Open Source Software. More than 40k users worldwide approve the success of the project.

About ESR
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) was founded in December 2005 by merging the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) and the European Association of Radiology (EAR), thus establishing a single house of radiology in Europe.
It is an apolitical, non-profit organisation, exclusively and directly dedicated to promoting and coordinating the scientific, philanthropic, intellectual and professional activities of Radiology in all European countries.

About ECR
The European Congress of Radiology represents the medical specialty of Radiology throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. The ECR comprises a Congress Committee, a Programme Planning Committee, a Technical Exhibition Committee, and 15 Scientific Subcommittees. The overall number of attendees at thisECR 2010 was 19,017, representing an increase of nearly 5% compared with the 2009 event, according to congress organizers. There were 11,817 professional and 7200 industry/other delegates at ECR 2010.