@article {Sloan1036, author = {Victor S. Sloan and Shawna Grosskleg and George Wells and Jasvinder A. Singh}, title = {The Third Biennial 2018 OMERACT First-time Participant Program: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study}, volume = {46}, number = {8}, pages = {1036--1040}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.3899/jrheum.181196}, publisher = {The Journal of Rheumatology}, abstract = {Objective. To assess the expanded/refined first-time participant training program.Methods. We conducted a refined new participant program at OMERACT 2018 on days 1{\textendash}4, in which first-time participants provided feedback with online surveys and a nominal group on Day 4.Results. Twenty first-time participants attended the introductory session and 8{\textendash}12 attended followup sessions. A high proportion valued the newbie session (100\%), rating it overall (91\%), content-wise (62\%), for presentation quality (82\%), and value for the money (82\%) as outstanding or good. The nominal group technique identified opportunities for further improvement of breakouts/voting.Conclusion. The expanded new participant training program is valued by attendees.}, issn = {0315-162X}, URL = {https://www.jrheum.org/content/46/8/1036}, eprint = {https://www.jrheum.org/content/46/8/1036.full.pdf}, journal = {The Journal of Rheumatology} }