Senior Medical Student “Boot Camp”: Can Result in Increased Self-Confidence Before Starting Surgery Internships

Self-confidence level in professional athletes; an examination of exposure to violence, branch and socio-demographic aspects

“…Although it was observed in this study that the sense of self-confidence did not differ significantly among the groups in terms of marital status and education level, some studies in the literature showed that education and self-confidence went parallel with each other and selfconfidence level of the students increased with the organization of training programs (Brown et al, 2003;Esterl, Henzi and Cohn, 2006;Merey, 2010). The reason why education was a variable that did not make a difference in terms of self-confidence in this study unlike the literature findings was thought to be resulted from the fact that the athletes who participated in the study were high school and university graduates and professional athletes to a large extent.…”

What Are We Telling Our Students? A National Survey of Clerkship Directors' Advice for Students Applying to Internal Medicine Residency

“…Data from residency boot camps for individuals entering surgery suggest transient benefits in confidence and skills. 15,16 While the open-ended question about why advisors might recommend an away rotation was designed to explore the nuances involved in this potential recommendation and not to assess prevalence, 16% of respondents provided negative comments. A large multispecialty PD survey found that 53% recommended away rotations, primarily for students to learn about a specific program and not necessarily to improve their chances of matching.…”

Development, Organisation and Implementation of a Surgical Skills ‘Boot Camp’: SIMweek

“…Practical components of courses were identified by trainees as being particularly valuable [10]. Most courses identified target generic surgical skills but a small number of 'boot camps' described courses tailored to surgical subspecialties [15,16,25].…”