The EL-POCO survey

General information

EL-POCO stands for vascular e-Learning in the POst COvid era.

This project is the continuation of the EL-COVID study (more info here) and it aims to examine if the EL-COVID findings persist after the pandemic outbreak and whether the perception of vascular e-Learning is now different.

It was apparent that there are lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 related e-Learning exponential growth and the EL-POCO survey aims in providing more information of where vascular e-learning is currently at.

Phase 1 (development) of this project is already completed and we are currently at Phase 2 (contacting peers who participated to the EL-COVID survey). As of the beginning of 2025, we are currently at phase 2.

List of the EL-POCO collaborators:

  1. Nikolaos Patelis, Athens Medical Center, Greece; Νational & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece [Primary investigator]
  2. Paulo Eduardo Ocke Reis, Federal University Fluminense, Brazil
  3. Lamisse Karam, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Lebanon
  4. Mihai Ionac, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
  5. Vincent Jongkind, Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands
  6. Demetrios Moris, Duke University Medical Center, USA
  7. Ivan Cvjetko, University Hospital Merkur, Croatia
  8. George A. Antoniou, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
  9. Alexei Svetlikov, Vascular & endovascular surgery Center, National Scientific-Clinical Memorial Hospital. “Professor I.I. Mechnikov”, North-Western Medical University, The Russian Federation
  10. Fernando Gallardo Pedrajas, Hospital Quironsalud Málaga, Spain
  11. Harm P. Ebben, Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands
  12. Hubert Stepak, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
  13. Sviatoslav Kostiv, Ternopil University Clinic, Ukraine
  14. Leonid Magnitskiy, Pirogov City Hospital No1, The Russian Federation
  15. Sean Matheiken, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, UK
  16. Sotirios Georgopoulos, Laiko General Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  17. Chris Klonaris, Laiko General Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  18. Bahaa Arefai, The View Hospital, Qatar
  19. Fabienne Laryer, France
  20. Mario D’Oria, Italy
  21. Nyityasmono Nugroho, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia – Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital, Indonesia

For more information, please contact Dr Nikolaos Patelis.