Using a Web-Based Platform as an Alternative for Conducting International, Multidisciplinary Medical Conferences During the Novel COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of a Conference

Po-Jen Ko   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Sheng-Yueh Yu   ^{1 *} , MD ;   John Chien-Hwa Chang   ^{3, 4 *} , MD ;   Ming-Ju Hsieh   ^{2, 5 *} , MD ;   Sung-Yu Chu   ^{6 *} , MD ;   Jimmy Wei-Hwa Tan   ^{7 *} , MD ;   Wan-Ling Cheng   ^{8 *} , RPN ;   Pei Ho   ^{9 *} , FHKAM

¹ Division of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

² College of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Linkou, Taiwan

³ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Taiwan

⁴ College of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

⁵ Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁶ Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tainan Municipal An-Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan

⁸ Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

*all authors contributed equally