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Boot Camp Approach to Surgical Training

  • Provides expert guidance for fine tuning surgical training courses

  • Covers all aspects of planning a competency-based program in orthopedics

  • Focuses on the Toronto Orthopaedic Boot Camp and other successful programs

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Bridging the Gap: Theoretical Principles Behind Surgical Boot Camps

    • Natalie Wagner, Sydney McQueen, Ranil Sonnadara
    Pages 1-11
  3. Competency-Based Medical Education: A Brief Overview

    • Brandon Girardi, Peter Ferguson, Markku Nousiainen
    Pages 13-17
  4. Toronto Orthopaedic Boot Camp (TOBC)

    • Polina Mironova, Brandon Girardi, David Burns, Oleg Safir
    Pages 19-29
  5. Canadian National Vascular Surgery Boot Camp

    • George D. Oreopoulos, Mark Wheatcroft
    Pages 31-41
  6. Cardiac Surgery Boot Camp

    • Dimitrios N. Tsirigotis
    Pages 43-47
  7. The Toronto Neurosurgery PGY-1 Boot Camp

    • Naif M. Alotaibi, Daipayan Guha, Abhaya V. Kulkarni
    Pages 49-56
  8. Undergraduate Surgical Boot Camp

    • Jeremy M. Lipman, Kaitlin A. Ritter
    Pages 57-77
  9. Surgical Preparatory Camp (PREP Camp)

    • Lisa Satterthwaite, Jennifer Leighton, Oleg Safir
    Pages 79-89
  10. Surgical Simulation Lab: Feasibility and Management

    • Lisa Satterthwaite, Jennifer Leighton, Oleg Safir
    Pages 91-102
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 131-135

About this book

This book provides a unique opportunity to gain a complete overview of how to run surgical training boot camps. The book includes all aspects of boot camp course planning including underlying theory, sample schedules and objectives, an exploration of feasibility issues, and approaches to evaluation. This practical program guide offers key information and course structuring guidance sought by specialists who wish to enhance their training programs for residents across different specialities.

Boot Camp Approach to Surgical Training will be a go-to book for both trainers and trainees wishing to successfully plan and implement a surgical training boot camp. Program directors, simulation lab directors, educators and researchers in medical training will find this book to be an essential resource for planning effective surgical training courses.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Oleg Safir

  • Department of Surgery, Office of Education Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Ranil Sonnadara

  • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Polina Mironova

  • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, United Lincolnshire Hospital, Boston, United Kingdom

    Rohit Rambani

About the editors

1. Oleg Safir, Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2.  Ranil Sonnadara, Director, Education Science & Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

3. Polina Mironova, Competency-based Curriculum Program Coordinator, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4.  Rohit Rambani, Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedics, United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust, Boston, UK


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Boot Camp Approach to Surgical Training

  • Editors: Oleg Safir, Ranil Sonnadara, Polina Mironova, Rohit Rambani

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90518-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90517-4Published: 23 August 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08033-4Published: 03 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90518-1Published: 27 July 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 135

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Orthopedics

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Buying options

eBook USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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