Thank you very much for helping us find out more about what our members and others are looking for from the new BGS website which will replace the current site. Your views will be crucial in planning the new site. We will be developing the site throughout 2017, with a view to launching it at the end of 2017 or very early in 2018.

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* 1. About you (please choose one that is most applicable)

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* 2. Are you a member of the British Geriatrics Society?

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* 3. Which country do you live in?

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* 4. How are you most likely to access news and information relating to your profession (excluding research publications)?

  Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never
Via a laptop or desktop computer at work
Via a laptop or desktop computer at home
Via a tablet computer (e.g. an iPad)
Via a smartphone
Printed format (e.g. magazine or newsletter)

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* 5. How often do you use the current BGS website? (this does not include the BGS Blog or Twitter)

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* 6. Please use the box below to describe your last visit to the current BGS website. For example, tell us how long ago it was; what you were looking for; was it easy to find? Was it useful when you found it? Anything else you think we should know?:

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* 7. How useful do you find the following functions of the current website?

  Very useful Useful Not very useful Not useful at all
Ability to renew BGS membership via the website
Ability to book on to BGS conferences/meetings via the website
Ability to access the blog via the website
Clinical quality guidance
Information about research (accessing research information; opportunities to generate research, etc.)
Being made aware of BGS officer vacancies via the website
Accessing information about Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and Sections via the website
Information about devolved nation or English regional activities and meetings
Information about BGS committees, including who sits on them
Information about BGS staff members, including contact details
Information about BGS’s media work
Information about BGS’s policy influencing work (with Government, parliamentarians etc.)
Accessing the BGS Newsletter online
Promoting the speciality of geriatrics to medical students
Promoting the speciality of geriatrics to the outside world
Promoting the society to the outside world

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* 8. How much do you know about BGS’s online guidance / resources in their area of CLINICAL QUALITY? Are there any pressing issues of clinical quality that we are failing to address well? Please write your answer in the box below:

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* 9. We plan to have a RESEARCH AREA in the new website. What kinds of resources would you find most useful? Please write your answer in the box below:

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* 10. Which of the following E-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES would interest you?

  Very interested Quite interested Not sure Not very interested Not interested at all
Videos of BGS scientific meeting sessions
Online lectures
Online educational content I can read through, followed by a short survey
Downloadable documents (such as PDFs) to read in my own time
Online video live question and answer sessions with leaders in the field
Smartphone/tablet app with learning modules and mini tests/quizzes to progress through
Podcasts (audio of lectures or pre-recorded discussion sessions)

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* 11. To achieve cost savings, and be greener, would you be prepared only access BGS scientific meetings programmes via our website and/or mobile app and not in a printed format?

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* 12. For the same reasons as above would you be prepared to view the book of abstracts online?

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* 13. Do you have any further comments you would like to share with us about what you would like to see in the new website?

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* 14. Would you be willing to join our Website Consultation Group (and be consulted by email from time to time as our plans take shape)? If yes, please leave your name and email address:

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* 15. Would you be willing to help us review and update existing materials, mainly in the area of clinical quality guidance?  If yes, please leave your name and email address

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