TY - JOUR T1 - The Third Biennial 2018 OMERACT First-time Participant Program: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1036 LP - 1040 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.181196 VL - 46 IS - 8 AU - Victor S. Sloan AU - Shawna Grosskleg AU - George Wells AU - Jasvinder A. Singh Y1 - 2019/08/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/46/8/1036.abstract N2 - Objective. To assess the expanded/refined first-time participant training program.Methods. We conducted a refined new participant program at OMERACT 2018 on days 1–4, 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 8–12 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. ER -