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Table 3 Faculty and resident rating of the relevance and quality of the bootcamp

From: Development, outcome and costs of a simulation-based neurosurgery bootcamp at the national level

Hands-on Training Sessions

Relevance

Usefulness

Faculty Rating

Resident Rating

Faculty Rating

Resident Rating

External Ventricular Drain insertion

4.4

4.35

4.5

4.4

Intracranial pressure monitoring

4.5

4.3

4.5

4.35

Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.45

Neuro-navigation for cranial cases

4.5

4.25

4.3

4.25

Simulated burr-holes on 3D skulls

4.7

4.55

4.8

4.5

Simulated craniotomy on 3D skulls

4.6

4.5

4.7

4.65

Handling of the operative microscope

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.65

Microdissection of cow brain

4.3

4.7

4.3

4.7

Simulated lumbar drain insertion

4.5

4.4

4.7

4.6

Simulated Lumbar laminectomy

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.7

Simulated spine dural closure

4.3

4.35

4.3

4.4

Basic Neurosurgical instrumentation

4.6

4.15

4.5

4.3