ESNA conference 2016 evaluation summary

How did you find out about the conference?

  • 21% colleague, 45% ESNA website

Were you happy with a two day conference?

  • Yes 90%

Were you happy with the cost?

  • Yes 88%

Was the venue easy to locate? (1 = poor, 4 = excellent)

  • Average 3.65

Was the conference room suitable for learning?

  • Average 3.77

Were the venue staff helpful?

  • Average 3.97

How far were your expectations met?

  • Exceeded 17%, fully met 69%
  • Generally a good conference
  • Networking as always is great
  • Excellent conference sessions delivered by knowledgeable speakers
  • Food was excellent
  • Very informative, thank you
  • Would have liked some examples around ESN role in the medico legal
  • This has been an excellent course with really interesting speakers
  • Very well organised, thank you!
  • Revalidation and pregnancy were interesting
  • Very good meeting
  • All topics very relevant to my practice
  • Interesting and informative content over the two days
  • Very good overall
  • Felt the need for time for further discussion re impact tools and nursing issues ?focus groups on particular subjects
  • Excellent conference, thoroughly enjoyed it all, thank you
  • Some excellent presentations, very informative

What aspects of the conference did you find most useful?

  • All presentations very useful-as a nurse need to consider all topics presented
  • Thoroughly enjoyed it all x3
  • I thought the choice of topics were very appropriate and were all very relevant to current practice
  • Impact tool/checklist/revalidation/networks/genetics
  • Impact tool/SUDEP/revalidation
  • Pregnancy (case studies interesting), genetics (SKYPE fantastic!), revalidation (excellent and reassuring)
  • Revalidation/pregnancy
  • Genetics x4
  • Impact tool
  • Medico-legal/cannaboids
  • Pregnancy
  • Genetics/SUDEP
  • NMC/genetics/ESN impact tool
  • Good to learn about applying tools for assessment, management and treatment on practice/networking
  • Genetics/SUDEP/women’s issues
  • EpSMON, genetics (confusing but interesting)
  • SUDEP/ESN impact tool/medico legal/revalidation/pregnancy
  • Revalidation
  • Concordance/revalidation
  • All the sessions were really good even given the difficulties the presenters encountered!! Well done!!
  • All of it-Skype was very good
  • Networking/exhibitors/range of speakers/venue
  • Networking/case studies/cannabis/genetics
  • Cannabis/genetics x2
  • Reassurance on what we are doing
  • All very useful
  • NMC/cannabis/genetics
  • NMC
  • Women’s issues/genetics
  • Opportunity for discussion/genetics/revalidation/cannabis
  • Genetics/driving/women’s issues
  • NMC/pregnancy
  • Networking, great mix of subjects and knowledgeable speakers

What aspects of the conference did you find least useful?

  • None / Blank for half of delegates responding
  • All useful
  • All excellent
  • No negative aspects, enjoyable and informative conference with a wide range of topics
  • Time keeping/disorganisation
  • Sound system, some speakers moved out of range so it made it difficult to hear
  • Pace of day 2 seemed faster and deeper, needed more time to understand information
  • Revalidation as i have already been done
  • Lack of focused topic discussion time

Do you have any further comments?

  • Venue good, two day conference good for networking
  • Very little for Paeds or LD
  • This is my first ESNA conference but definitely won’t be my last. It was brilliant and a great way to network and raise awareness of the importance and value of ESNA. Thank you
  • Microphones worn on the presenter, break out groups, research/transition/how we can effect care in primary and secondary care/innovation in epilepsy. That said i have really enjoyed a fab conference, thank you
  • Like overnight, better half day than full
  • I enjoyed the presentations/conference room, accommodation was suitable and comfortable, facilities very appropriate
  • Two day conference best value for those of us travelling from Ireland 
  • Like two day conference/venue was fine but a bit north!
  • The venue was very good and the food excellent, would have liked a decent tea (drink), bed very hard so didn’t sleep well, overall good location
  • Venue ok but lights in conference room too bright and lots of people had headaches and migraines, conference chairs very uncomfortable
  • Extending to full two days, delegate list of attendees/additional paper for notes/workshops specific to paediatrics/adult/LD in concurrent sessions
  • Conference lighting combined with pattern on walls gave me a migraine
  • Like the two days
  • Would prefer 1 day/more pharmacists/more Skype
  • Time keeping could have been better, could have got more into the programme without it feeling crowded/no paediatrics
  • Review location as long journey and got lost in city centre
  • Unable to attend two days but feel this is a good idea for networking
  • Might have benefitted from name badges, thank you for a great conference
  • Microphone on speakers
  • Venue excellent, two day conference good for us travelling from Ireland
  • Skype-could we do that again? Stands good for information
  • Conference centre good
  • There is a significant group of ESN’s absent, why is that? Break out groups helpful to meet the different needs of specialties
  • Level of noise and lack of use of microphone
  • Two day conference provides opportunity to network and share practice and experience with colleagues
  • Look forwards to hearing about the next event

Suggestions for future topics

  • Topic-pharmacology/interactions/yellow card scheme
  • NEAD
  • Effects of epilepsy relating to LD and differences from general population/feedback from national studies currently in progress/consider future project liaising with ESN for additional resources to complete the daily role
  • Paediatric speaker/VNS or ketogenic presentation
  • More focus on future developments e.g. non-medical devices, surgery, electronic monitors, psychiatric co-morbidities would be interesting
  • paediatrics session would be useful