TY - JOUR TI - Dataset of the vascular e-Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic (EL-COVID) survey AU - Patelis, Nikolaos AU - Bisdas, Theodosios AU - Jing, Zaiping AU - Feng, AU - Jiaxuan AU - Trenner, Matthias AU - Nugroho, Nyityasmono Tri AU - Reis, AU - Paulo Eduardo Ocke AU - Elkouri, Stephane AU - Lecis, Alexandre AU - Karam, AU - Lamisse AU - Le Roux, Dirk AU - Ionac, Mihai AU - Berczeli, Marton and AU - Jongkind, Vincent AU - Yeung, Kak Khee AU - Katsargyris, Athanasios and AU - Avgerinos, Efthymios AU - Moris, Demetrios AU - Choong, Andrew AU - Ng, Jun AU - Jie AU - Cvjetko, Ivan AU - Antoniou, George A. AU - Ghibu, Phillipe and AU - Svetlikov, Alexei AU - Pedrajas, Fernando Gallardo AU - Ebben, Harm P. and AU - Stepak, Hubert AU - Chornuy, Andrii AU - Kostiv, Sviatoslav AU - Ancetti, AU - Stefano AU - Tadayon, Niki AU - Mekkar, Akli AU - Magnitskiy, Leonid and AU - Fidalgo-Domingos, Liliana AU - Matheiken, Sean AU - Rosello, Eduardo AU - Sebastian Sarutte AU - Isik, Arda AU - Kirkilesis, Georgios AU - Kakavia, AU - Kyriaki AU - Georgopoulos, Sotirios JO - Data in Brief PY - 2021 VL - 38 TODO - null SP - null PB - Elsevier SN - 2352-3409 TODO - 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107442 TODO - e-learning; Training; Education; Distance learning; Vascular surgery; Surgery TODO - This dataset supports the findings of the vascular e-Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic survey (the EL-COVID survey). The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union was taken into consideration in all steps of data handling. The survey was approved by the institutional ethics committee of the Primary Investigator and an online English survey consisting of 18 questions was developed ad-hoc. A bilingual English-Mandarin version of the questionnaire was developed according to the instructions of the Chinese Medical Association in order to be used in mainland People's Republic of China. Differences between the two questionnaires were minor and did affect the process of data collection. Both questionnaires were hosted online. The EL-COVID survey was advertised through major social media. All national and regional contributors contacted their respective colleagues through direct messaging on social media or by email. Eight national societies or groups supported the dissemination of the EL-COVID survey. The data provided demographics information of the EL-COVID participants and an insight on the level of difficulty in accessing or citing previously attended online activities and whether participants were keen on citing these activities in their Curricula Vitae. A categorization of additional comments made by the participants are also based on the data. The survey responses were filtered, anonymized and submitted to descriptive analysis of percentage. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. ER -