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Abu Sikder,1 Preeya Mehta,2 Tamara Galoyan,3 Eeshika Parekh,1 James Dickhoner,1 Nune Yeghiazaryan,4 Ruzanna Harutyunyan,4 Tadevos Hovhannisyan,4 Thomas Lee,5 Juan Espinoza6 1Innovation Studio, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 2Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 3School of Education, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 4Armenian EyeCare Project, Yerevan, Armenia; 5Department of Surgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 6Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USACorrespondence: Juan Espinoza, Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd., Mailstop #76, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA, Tel +1 323.361.2721, Fax +1 323.361.4429, Email jespinoza@chla.usc.eduPurpose: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of worldwide childhood blindness with increasing incidence in low and middle income countries (LMICs) due to advances in neonatal care. There are insufficient numbers of healthcare professionals specialized in ROP management and few local training opportunities in LMICs. Social media platforms provide a promising solution to enable interactive medical education across geographic and logistic barriers. As an adjunct to an ROP training program for ophthalmologists in Armenia, we implemented a Facebook Virtual Examination Room (VER) for case discussion with a global community of collaborators and preceptors. To evaluate training through VER, we operationalized engagement as a multilayer meta-construct that includes cognitive, behavioral, and social-emotional domains.Methods: A concurrent mixed methods approach was taken to collect and analyze data from comments and activities within VER. Quantitative data was analyzed for descriptive statistics on group utilization, participant activity, and clinical metrics. Qualitative data was analyzed by conducting thematic analysis involving init

The South Florida Everglades is a unique ecosystem. Intensive water management in the system has facilitated agricultural, urban, and economic development. The Everglades offers a variety of ecosystem services (ES) to the people living in this region. Nevertheless, the ecosystem is under imminent threat of climate change, which would alter the way water is managed today and ultimately affect the ES offered by the system. On the other hand, substantial restoration is underway that aims to restore the Everglades closer to its historic condition. This research tried to map the public’s preference for Everglades restoration. Using a geocoded discrete-choice survey dataset, the study showed variation in the public’s preference by changing the levels of ES. Additionally, the general public’s attitude toward climate change risk to the Everglades and preference for mitigation were also assessed using the survey data.