2019 SPARC-ISAN Joint Meeting Survey

The purpose of this voluntary and confidential survey by the NIH Common Fund is to collect feedback about the 2019 joint meeting for the NIH Common Fund’s Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) program and the International Society of Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN). Your feedback will help improve future SPARC Meetings.

It is estimated that this survey will take less than 5 minutes to complete.

If you have any questions about this survey, contact Ms. Kristina Faulk at (301) 402-9185 or kristina.faulk@nih.gov.

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* 1. Overall, how would you rate the 2019 SPARC - ISAN Joint Meeting?

Excellent

Very Good

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. The 2019 SPARC – ISAN Joint Meeting used a new format with more opportunities for interaction with non-SPARC neuroscientists and fewer closed sessions involving SPARC consortium members only. Please indicate your opinion of this new meeting format:

Strongly positive – strongly prefer more opportunities for interaction with non-SPARC neuroscientists in future meetings

Positive - prefer more opportunities for interaction with non-SPARC neuroscientists, but needs refinement (please specify in “Additional comments” section below)

Neutral - neither better nor worse than more opportunities for interaction with non-SPARC neuroscientists

Negative – prefer more closed sessions involving SPARC consortium members only

Strongly negative – strongly prefer more closed sessions involving SPARC consortium members only in future meetings

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* 3. The 2019 SPARC – ISAN Joint Meeting used a new format, merging the SPARC annual awardee meeting with a neuroscience conference. This led to fewer opportunities for interactions with NIH program staff. Please indicate your opinion of this new meeting format:

Strongly positive – strongly prefer merging the SPARC annual awardee meeting with a neuroscience conference for future meetings

Positive - prefer merging the SPARC annual awardee meeting with a neuroscience conference, but needs refinement (please specify in “Additional comments” section below)

Neutral - neither better nor worse than merging the SPARC annual awardee meeting with a neuroscience conference

Negative – prefer more opportunities for interactions with NIH program staff

Strongly negative – strongly prefer more opportunities for interactions with NIH program staff for future meetings

Additional comments

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* 4. Would you attend, or encourage others to attend, future meetings like the 2019 SPARC – ISAN Joint Meeting if attendance was voluntary?

Yes, definitely

Yes, if some changes were made (please specify in “Additional comments” section below)

Undecided

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* 5. Indicate your overall satisfaction.

	Very Satisfied	Satisfied	Neutral	Somewhat Dissatisfied	Very Dissatisfied	Not Applicable
Quality of Speaker presentations	Quality of Speaker presentations Very Satisfied	Quality of Speaker presentations Satisfied	Quality of Speaker presentations Neutral	Quality of Speaker presentations Somewhat Dissatisfied	Quality of Speaker presentations Very Dissatisfied	Quality of Speaker presentations Not Applicable
Quality of Poster sessions	Quality of Poster sessions Very Satisfied	Quality of Poster sessions Satisfied	Quality of Poster sessions Neutral	Quality of Poster sessions Somewhat Dissatisfied	Quality of Poster sessions Very Dissatisfied	Quality of Poster sessions Not Applicable
Quality of Program Business presentations	Quality of Program Business presentations Very Satisfied	Quality of Program Business presentations Satisfied	Quality of Program Business presentations Neutral	Quality of Program Business presentations Somewhat Dissatisfied	Quality of Program Business presentations Very Dissatisfied	Quality of Program Business presentations Not Applicable
Quality of SPARC Technology Showcase	Quality of SPARC Technology Showcase Very Satisfied	Quality of SPARC Technology Showcase Satisfied	Quality of SPARC Technology Showcase Neutral	Quality of SPARC Technology Showcase Somewhat Dissatisfied	Quality of SPARC Technology Showcase Very Dissatisfied	Quality of SPARC Technology Showcase Not Applicable
Quality of DRC Hands-On Experience	Quality of DRC Hands-On Experience Very Satisfied	Quality of DRC Hands-On Experience Satisfied	Quality of DRC Hands-On Experience Neutral	Quality of DRC Hands-On Experience Somewhat Dissatisfied	Quality of DRC Hands-On Experience Very Dissatisfied	Quality of DRC Hands-On Experience Not Applicable
Providing a forum for exchange of information with other meeting participants	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other meeting participants Very Satisfied	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other meeting participants Satisfied	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other meeting participants Neutral	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other meeting participants Somewhat Dissatisfied	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other meeting participants Very Dissatisfied	Providing a forum for exchange of information with other meeting participants Not Applicable

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* 1. Overall, how would you rate the 2019 SPARC - ISAN Joint Meeting?

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* 2. The 2019 SPARC – ISAN Joint Meeting used a new format with more opportunities for interaction with non-SPARC neuroscientists and fewer closed sessions involving SPARC consortium members only. Please indicate your opinion of this new meeting format:

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* 3. The 2019 SPARC – ISAN Joint Meeting used a new format, merging the SPARC annual awardee meeting with a neuroscience conference. This led to fewer opportunities for interactions with NIH program staff. Please indicate your opinion of this new meeting format:

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* 4. Would you attend, or encourage others to attend, future meetings like the 2019 SPARC – ISAN Joint Meeting if attendance was voluntary?

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* 5. Indicate your overall satisfaction.

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* 6. Any additional comments regarding the SPARC – ISAN Joint Meeting are welcome.