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Surgical Boots Camps

Eight years of Scottish surgical boot camps – how we do it now.
Walker KG, Blackhall VI, Hogg ME, Watson AJM. J Sur Ed 2020; 77(2): 235-241.
Understanding the sociocultural complexity of a surgical simulation “Boot Camp”.
Cleland JA, Walker KG, Gale M, Nicol LG. Medical Education 2016; 50(8): 829-41.
Supporting transitions in medical career pathways: the role of simulation-based education.
Cleland JA et al. Advances in Simulation 2016; 1: 14.
Medical students driven to distraction. Improving patient safety teaching through the use of a simulated ward round experience.
Thomas IM et al. BMJ Qual Saf 2015; 24: 154-161.

Deliberate Practice

Scotland’s “Incentivised Laparoscopy Practice” programme: engaging trainees with take-home laparoscopic simulation.
Walker KG et al. Surgeon 2023; 21(3): 190-7.
Barriers and facilitators to deliberate practice using take-home laparoscopic simulators.
Blackhall VI, Cleland JA, Moug S, Wilson P, Walker KG. Surg Endos 2019; 33(9): 2951-9.
Development and delivery of a national pilot programme of home-based simulation for vascular anastomosis training.
Falconer R et al. J Surg Sim 2022; 9: 99–106.
Simulation for technical skill acquisition in open vascular surgery.
Falconer R, Semple CM, Walker KG, Cleland J, Watson AJM. J Vasc Surg 2021; 73(5): 1821-7.

Robotic Surgical Training

Expert consensus on best content of a robotic surgical curriculum.
Journal of Robotic Surgery. Kieslich A et al. (in press).
A systematic review of comprehensive robotic-assisted (RAS) surgical curricula.
Kieslich A et al. Journal of Robotic Surgery (in press).

Integrating Surgical Simulation, & “IST”

Integrating simulation into surgical training. A qualitative case study of a national programme.
Shah AP, Cleland JA, Walker KA, Hawick L, Walker KG. Advances in Simulation 2023; 8: 20.
Context matters in curriculum reform: a story of national level change in surgical training.
Shah AP, Walker KA, Walker KG, Cleland JA. Medical Education 2023; 57(8): 741- 752.
Scratching beneath the surface: how organisational culture(s) influences curricular reform.
Shah AP, Walker KA, Hawick L, Walker KG, Cleland JA. Medical Education 2023; 57(7): 668-678.
It’s making me think outside the box at times: a qualitative study of dynamic capabilities in surgical training.
Shah AP et al. Adv Health Sci Educ 2022; 26:1-20.
Simulation for early years surgical training.
Walker KG, Shah AP. Surgery 2021; 39(12): 771-7.

Understanding Expertise

iView Expert: lessons from space on seeing inside the heads of experts.
Walker KG, Whiteley I. Bulletin of the RCSEngl June 2023.
iView Expert: a tool to uncover expertise and support surgical skills training.
Blackhall VI, Walker KG, Whiteley I, Wilson P, Cleland JA. Medical Education 2021; 55(5): 658.
Use of head camera-cued recall and debrief to externalise expertise: a systematic review of literature from multiple fields of practice.
Blackhall VI, Walker KG, Whiteley I, Wilson P. BMJ STEL 2019; 5: 121-9.

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