Physically distant, educationally connected: Interactive conferencing in the era of COVID‐19.

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- Subject Terms:
  CONFERENCES & conventions; EMERGENCY medicine; EPIDEMICS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP programs; SOCIAL isolation; TELECONFERENCING; WORLD Wide Web; HUMAN services programs; COVID-19; STAY-at-home orders
- Abstract:
  The article provides information on Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) Connect, a teleconferencing application launched by ALiEM, an organization dedicated to providing educational content and building professional communities, which incorporates a live stream video of presentations with concurrent backchannel discussions. Topics covered include the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on educational conferences and the challenges in the adoption of new digital platforms.