The impact of a pediatric surgery fundamentals boot camp on new surgical trainees' perceived knowledge and confidence levels
New surgical trainees report baseline weak to average levels of knowledge of perioperative pediatric surgical care. A pediatric surgery fundamentals boot camp was well received by trainees, and substantially improved their self-reported knowledge and readiness.
Authors
- Hussein Wissanji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1281-033X)
- Thomas Engelhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-5820)
- Julia Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9878-9999)
- Wassila Ait Igrine
- Sherif Emil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3642-4916)
- Gianluca Bertolizio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6585-5809)
- Lily H. P. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9566-4827)
- Catherine Paquet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6877-7903)
- Chantal Frigon
- Yasmine Yousef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2812-2136)
- Fábio Botelho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3786-7850)
- Dan Poenaru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6267-6140)
- Pramod S. Puligandla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2671-328X)
- Davinia E. Withington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3735-0552)
- Shahidur Rahman
- Sam J. Daniel
- Farhan Banji
Institutions
- Montreal Children's Hospital (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162534
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00