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Table 3 Barriers faced by participating SIG chairs (n = 17)
| Response | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | |
| What barriers did you face as chair? | ||
| 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 |
