Preparatory surgical bootcamp: An effective form of training with a positive impact on self-confidence and procedural skills of the residents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of a bootcamp for new residents in surgery, in terms of both knowledge and skills improvement and psychological support.

Design

Prospective inclusion of all the 59 new residents in surgery from 2018 to 2020. Analysis of their perception of the training and comparison of the bootcamp and control groups (n = 9, including the residents who could not attend the bootcamp) with respect to the results of their skills evaluations and surgical knowledge.

Setting

A two-day bootcamp is organized every year in October since 2013 at the All'Sims simulation center (University Hospital, Angers, France) just before the beginning of the internship. A subsequent skills evaluation takes place partly in the operating room and partly as an objectiv

SUBMITTER: Schmitt F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749925 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature