Behind the Scenes — February 2017
UNCCN 2016 Community Survey Results Are In!
by Tim Poe
Thank you to the UNCCN Community members who responded to the 2016 Community Survey. The results are in, and we are using the information gathered for planning or 2017 programs. The survey was open from August 11 through September 9 and we had a total of 69 responses. Over 80% of the respondents reported they participate in our lectures each month or every few months and attendance at each of our three lecture series was equally represented.
Over 85% of respondents indicated a desire to have the ability to watch archived recordings of our live lectures and receive continuing education credit. We are working diligently to make this a reality at the start of 2017. The quantity and quality of the recommendations provided for lecture topics and presenters was excellent. This feedback is currently being used by our committee as we plan for our 2017 lectures.
Your continued participation and engagement in our programs is greatly appreciated!
Have You Visited Your (Lecture Video) Library Lately?
by Mary E. King
The UNC Cancer Network manages a library of nearly two hundred oncology lectures. The freely available videos cover a broad range of topics with relevance to physicians, nurses, allied health care professionals, patients, caregivers, and others.
The UNC Cancer Network Lecture Video Library now contains nearly 200 separate, cancer-related videos.You can find these by visiting our site at www.unccn.org and clicking on the Lecture Video Library link. When you arrive at the library, you will see our most recently recorded lectures from each of our four monthly series:
- Medical/Surgical Telehealth Lectures
- RN and Allied Health Telehealth Lectures
- Community Lunch and Learn Lectures
- Community College Oncology Lectures
These are prominently displayed at the top of the page. In the middle of the main page, you will find links to some of our most popular lectures. Finally, at the bottom, you will find our Channels. These reflect our different lecture series, as well as Special Events and Conferences.
One of the more impressive features of our library is the search tool. You will find this in the upper right portion of the screen. Practically every word of every slide in every video is indexed in the search database, allowing you to locate just about any topic that may have been referenced in any video dating back to our earliest recordings.
To view a video in our library, simply click on the thumbnail image above the title. The video should start playing as soon as it loads. You will see presenter video on one side of the page, and the slides on the other.
Useful features of our library include an Embed link, which will allow you to easily embed a video within a web page and our Share feature, which enables you to quickly share one of our videos with colleagues via the Share icon. You may also navigate to any portion of the video by sliding the blue navigation dot along the horizontal blue line on the screen.
We hope that you enjoy our lecture library, and find it useful. We use Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite for all lecture capture and playback. Details about our library can be found at our site by going to About UNCCN > Mediasite at UNCCN. Please always feel free to contact our team with questions or comments regarding our library or any of the other services offered by the UNC Cancer Network.