|
What barriers did you face as chair?
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|
Financial
|
8
|
47
|
|
Trouble booking space for events
|
8
|
47
|
|
Poor resident involvement
|
3
|
18
|
|
Poor faculty involvement
|
2
|
12
|
|
Poor departmental/ university involvement
|
0
|
0
|
|
Poor student engagement
|
2
|
12
|
|
Conflicts with other interest groups for time
|
13
|
76
|
|
Trouble balancing medical school with running the surgery interest group
|
4
|
24
|
|
Other (Trouble receiving timely responses from staff surgeons regarding attendance)
|
1
|
6
|
|
What was the single biggest obstacle during your tenure?
|
|
Financial
|
8
|
47
|
|
Poor faculty involvement
|
2
|
12
|
|
Poor student involvement
|
2
|
12
|
|
Poor resident involvement
|
3
|
18
|
|
Conflicts with other interest groups for time
|
13
|
76
|
|
Trouble getting space for events
|
8
|
47
|
|
Trouble balancing medical school and the surgery interest group
|
4
|
24
|
|
Other
|
3
|
18
|
|
How do you think your SIG could improve?
|
|
More Funding
|
4
|
24
|
|
More guidance for events/ teaching skills
|
1
|
6
|
|
Hosting more events
|
2
|
12
|
|
Collaboration with other interest groups and SIGs nationally
|
3
|
18
|
|
More support from faculty
|
1
|
6
|
|
More resident involvement
|
1
|
6
|
|
More organizing
|
1
|
6
|
|
Delegate tasks for effectively
|
1
|
6
|
|
More chairs
|
1
|
6
|
|
More defined positions within the group
|
1
|
6
|
|
More space for events
|
1
|
6
|
|
Fever events, more higher yield events
|
1
|
6
|
|
Would you like to see a national, collaborative Canadian Surgery interest group?
|
|
Unsure
|
8
|
47
|
|
Yes
|
8
|
47
|
|
No
|
1
|
6
|
|
In your opinion, what would be some of the benefits of having a national collaborative surgery interest group?
|
|
Access to more funding
|
9
|
53
|
|
Standardizing events
|
8
|
47
|
|
Access/ connections to a greater number of surgeons
|
11
|
65
|
|
Access/ connections to a greater number of students
|
7
|
41
|
|
Other
|
0
|
0
|
|
In your opinion, what would be some of the pitfalls of a national surgery interest group be?
|
|
More bureaucratic/ organizational hurdles
|
16
|
94
|
|
More work
|
9
|
53
|
|
It wouldn’t work
|
3
|
18
|
|
It wouldn’t improve our existing model
|
3
|
18
|
|
Less funding
|
0
|
0
|
|
Other
|
4
|
24
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