Assessing Medical Scientific Forum from Participants’ Satisfaction Perspective and Abstract Submission Process

(Mohamed Khedhiri)

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Abstract

This paper intends to assess the medical scientific forum of King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) concerning the forum organizational characteristics and abstract submission process quality from participants perspective. The paper also aims to provide organizational leadership and research stakeholders with information that may improve future Forums. Data were collected through a web – based survey immediately after the termination of the Forum. The results revealed that the reliability and convergent validity holds for the survey’s instruments, indicating a prior accuracy of our data. Regression analysis suggested that the data are sensitive to model specifications and a probit model is well preferred. The overall satisfaction was negatively affected by participant profile (-0.284), suggesting the possibility of further improvement for future Forums. Regarding the findings of the abstract submission process, overall satisfaction was moderate ranging from 73% to 80%. Key Words: Abstract submission, data sensitivity, quality, scientific forum.
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