Table 4. Student Comments on the Virtual Non-Surgical Boot Camp.

Positive feedback was related to the flexibility of an online course and utility of the chat box, which, as some students reported, allowed them to be more engaged than they had been in live lectures. Constructive comments included the suggestion that sessions with a focus on patient care may be better achieved by a live session in coming years.

Positive comments

I enjoyed that this course was online. This is a big transition time for us, and it was very convenient to be able to have this online.

I am glad that this was online because it allowed me to go home and be with my family for the month.

The interactive nature of being able to type comments at any point and have your comments be addressed and interacted with by other students was helpful. I felt much more engaged than I normally do during in-person lectures.

Mandatory attendance and the chat box made it very interactive.

Virtual boot camp made it easier and less tiring to attend lecture since I could do it from home, and there was still great participation from the students.

Chat allowed other students to clarify things while the instructor was speaking, so the instructor didn't need to answer more questions.

Excellent resource that I plan on reviewing again the days prior to starting residency.

Constructive comments

I think it would have been helpful to have more clinically oriented courses in-person.

Anything that's super participation heavy should be done in person if possible, but lectures that are just lectures (with perhaps a poll here and there) are great to have online.

If you kept these lectures online, I would suggest shortening/separating them if possible. As a student, it is hard to pay full attention online with multiple hour-long lectures.

Summarizing handouts would be helpful to carry forward into residency.