1 2021 NCBI Educational Events Feedback survey

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NCBI - 2021 Educational Events Feedback Survey
About You: We'd like to learn more about you and what you do, so that we can make our
events and NCBI Resources better. Please help us by answering the following questions:
How would you describe your job or role? (Pick the most applicable one and, as necessary, add
another or describe more fully in the comment).

o Life sciences researcher (1)
o Post-doctoral fellow (12)
o Bioinformatician/Data Scientist/Computational Biologist (13)
o Clinician or Clinical researcher (14)
o Clinical Geneticist/Genetics Counselor (15)
o Librarian / Information Specialist (16)
o Educator (17)
o Student (undergraduate, graduate) (18)
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Other (please specify below) (19)
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Please describe the focus of your job or your field of research.
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We are attempting to make this event more effective and useful for you, our participant! Please
help us by answering the following questions:

How satisfied were you with the communications before this event? (1 = not satisfied at all, 10
highly satisfied)

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How relevant was the information presented in this event to your current or future work? (1 =
not relevant at all, 10 = highly relevant)

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What was the most relevant resource that you were introduced to during this event?
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Did this event introduce you to a new resource or tool that will be helpful in your work, if so
which one or ones?
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Did this event introduce you to a new resource or tool that will be helpful in your work, if so
which one or ones?

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Yes (please specify below) (5)
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o No (6)

Did you learn any new skills?

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Yes (please specify below) (5)
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o No (6)

Is there anything you hoped to learn but did not?

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Yes (please specify below) (5)
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o No (6)

What went well in this event? What did you like?
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What challenges did you face in this event?
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Please rate the presenter based on how prepared, knowledgeable, engaging and interactive
they were. (1 = really poor, 10 = awesome!)

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How likely is it that you would recommend this event to a friend or colleague?

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Please list any outstanding strengths and weaknesses of this event and suggestions for
improvement.
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Would you be interested in attending another NCBI event? If so, what topics, tasks, tools and/or
methods would you like to learn about?
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Would you consider being a Team Leader in the future?

o Yes (1)
o No (2)
What else would you like us to know?
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Resource Specific Feedback & Contact: NCBI is interested in the feedback from users of our
services and uses that feedback to make business decisions and implement meaningful change
in our resources. Please help us by answering the following questions:

What tasks do you typically perform using NCBI resources?
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Please describe any tasks you would like to perform with that you cannot
perform now.
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What are some key web sites, resources, or software that you use for your work?
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Please provide three changes that would make using NCBI resources easier or work better.
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How likely are you to use the cloud-based analysis tools introduced in this event?
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Which cloud-based tools/datasets in this workshop are you more likely to use as a result of this
event?
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Which NCBI datasets or tools would you like to see added to NCBI's existing cloud resources?
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How many codeathons had you participated in before this event?

o 0 (1)
o 1 (2)
o 2 (3)
o 3 or more (4)
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How could we make NCBI Codeathons better for participants?
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How did you feel about having the codeathon online vs in-person?

o Significantly worse than in-person (1)
o About the same as in-person (2)
o Significantly better than in-person (3)
o I've never attended an in-person codeathon (4)
How satisfied are you with the codeathon environment (physical space, online platform, etc)? (1
= not satisfied at all, 10 highly satisfied)

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How satisfied are you with the opportunity to network and meet other participants? (1 = not
satisfied at all, 10 highly satisfied)

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How useful did you find the materials we provided (e.g., instructions, GitHub repositories,
manuscript outlines)? (1 = not satisfied at all, 10 highly satisfied)

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How satisfied were you with the technical support during the event? (1 = not satisfied at all, 10
highly satisfied)

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Please elaborate on your scores above.
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Did you have a special role on the team, e.g., Team Leader, Writer, Tech Lead?

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Yes (please specify your role below) (1)
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o No (2)

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What went well in this role?
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What challenges did you face in this role?
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What could we do to better support people in your role?
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Please write to us at (Survey author choose one: workshops@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov or
webinars@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov or codeathons@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) if you would like to provide
additional input on NCBI resources you encountered in this event.

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