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Sonaina Chopra

McGill-Queen's University Press(CA)McGill University(CA)Hamilton Health Sciences(CA)McMaster University(CA)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Innovations in Medical Education, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Surgical Simulation and Training, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Most-Cited Works

→ Exploring the Use of Natural Language Processing to Understand Emotions of Trainees and Faculty Regarding Entrustable Professional Activity Assessments(2024)4 cited
→ The Creating Brave Spaces workshop: a report on simulation-based faculty development to disarm microaggressions(2023)2 cited
→ C-CASE 2023: Promoting Excellence in Surgical Education01. Near-peer tutoring: an effective adjunct for virtual anatomy learning02. Surgical Exploration and Discovery: perspectives on student-led debriefs in undergraduate surgical education03. How are emotions of medical residents and faculty in general surgery affected by new assessment mandates implemented in medical education?04. Equity, diversity and inclusion in medical residency: a Web-based analysis of Canadian PGME efforts05. The use of virtual patient case simulations in surgical postgraduate teaching innovations06. Outcomes of the Canadian Orthopaedic Surgery Medical Education Course07. Educational effectiveness of social media as a continuing professional development intervention among practising surgeons: a systematic review08. Factors influencing medical students’ decision to pursue a career in surgery in North America: a systematic review09. Improving operating room teamwork: Do current strategies offer actionable solutions?10. Affective influence on lumbar laminectomy performance on a virtual reality spine simulator11. Exploring the shifting landscape in the match outcomes of women applying to surgical residency programs in Canada: Have we achieved equity?12. Exploring residents’ emotion-regulation strategies and their effectiveness in team-based surgical simulations13. Impact of an educational workshop for medical student surgical clerkship rotation preparation14. McGill Surgical Exploration and Discovery: impact on medical students’ perception and skills in surgery15. Does BlackBox Explorer Technology improve operative teaching for surgical residents?16. The impact of a deceased donor organ procurement workshop on surgical transplant fellows’ confidence and competence17. Vascular anastomosis workshop improves general surgery residents’ confidence and competence18. A comparative analysis of video-based versus text-based learning resources for Foley catheter insertion and the implications for medical student procedural skills training: a pilot study19. Improving assessment and training in craniosynostosis: the role of interactive 3-D models and multimodal e-learning20. Anatomy of a strategic plan for education: driving innovation in McMaster’s Division of Cardiac Surgery21. Optimizing the learner’s role in feedback: development of a feedback-preparedness online application for medical students in the clinical setting22. Trainee response to artificial intelligent tutor instruction in surgical simulation23. Promoting diversity in surgery through UofC UpSurge24. Evaluating the benefit of a novel surgical robotic training workshop for general surgery and subspecialty trainees in Canada25. Undergraduate surgery learning objectives: illuminating discrepancies among Canadian medical schools26. Cerebral corticectomy in ex-vivo calf brain model: face and content validation27. Validating a virtual simulation tool for local and regional flap reconstruction in the head and neck28. The impact of a surgical boot camp and near-peer teaching on the acquisition of basic surgical skills in medical students transitioning to clerkship29. Evaluating the impact of the MLASE checklist on surgical training literature involving machine learning and virtual reality: a comparative analysis30. Exploring the impact of LearnENT’s social media as a powerful tool in OHNS medical education31. MiHolo, a holographic training tool for minimally invasive mitral valve repair surgery32. Evaluating the impact of medical students’ participation in telephone visits for patients with breast cancer: a pilot study33. The importance of understanding the personalities of surgeons when choosing a career: medical students’ perspectives34. A conversation on the current state of diversity, equity and inclusion in surgery35. Current state of female and BIPOC representation in Canadian medical education administration leadership36. What’s in a name? The development of trust and familiarity in dynamic interprofessional operating room teams37. Development and pilot of a plastic and reconstructive surgery case-based learning curriculum38. Women in surgery: a qualitative study of gendered experiences within everyday surgical life39. An interdisciplinary complex airway crisis resource management simulation training module for otolaryngology residents: a longitudinal experience40. Assessing the accuracy of responses by ChatGPT to questions regarding pediatric surgery

(2023)

1 cited

→ Did we create brave spaces? A realist evaluation report on simulation-based faculty development workshop in equity, diversity, inclusivity, and Indigenous reconciliation(2025)1 cited

→ C-CASE 2024: Surgical Education Through Innovation01. A 25-year retrospective of Canadian plastic surgery research and its influence: a thorough bibliometric study02. Evaluating knowledge translation applications of a Canadian surgical education app among Saudi Arabian medical trainees03. An educational podcast for trainees to learn about plastic surgery training in Canada — “Doctority Canada: Plastic Surgery.”04. Educational landscape and perspectives on interventional neuroradiology training in residency: a scoping review05. Moving toward collaboration: introducing a pan-Canadian virtual patient initiative06. From classroom to the operating room: equipping medical students for surgical clerkship success through a skills-based workshop07. Participants’ initial reactions and appreciation of ExploreMD, a medical career exploration event in the region of Outaouais, Quebec08. Shoulder dislocation: Health care professionals produce higher-quality content on TikTok09. Weaving our narrative: perspectives from hijab-wearing learners in the operating room10. The impact of extended reality simulators on ophthalmic surgical training and performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 623 eyes11. Impact of a new bilingual online career orientation tool on medical students12. Examining the utility of LearnENT in undergraduate medical education13. Evaluating the current teaching practices for robotic-assisted surgery training during residency in different surgical programs across Canada14. Early exposure to neurosurgery: assessment of perceptions, expectations, mentorship, representation, and competence on medical student interest in neurosurgery15. Digital scribes in medical education: balancing innovation with skill development across educational levels16. A blueprint for near-peer medical student anatomy tutoring17. Enhancing productivity in medical education research groups: a scoping review18. Generative artificial intelligence in plastic surgery medical education: a quality improvement scoping review19. An in-depth exploration of the entrustable professional activity (EPA) assessment–related emotions of residents and faculty across specialties20. Outcomes of a competency-based microlearning mobile application for surgical residents21. Enhancing clinical clerk surgical preparedness using microlearning modules22. From model to mastery: a randomized study on the effect of anatomic model building on medical students’ surgical skills23. From textbooks to headsets: the role of virtual reality in improving medical students’ understanding of liver anatomy24. The Symposium of Medical Student Leadership Development: an initiative to develop future surgical and health care leaders25. Effectiveness of near-peer teaching and experiential learning of casting and splinting: a medical student’s perspective26. Development of a novel simulation-based mastery learning course for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cannulation27. Barriers to Black medical students and residents pursuing and completing surgical residency in Canada: a qualitative analysis28. Introduction of an academic half-day teaching for clinical clerks in surgery: a pilot study29. Efficiency of verbal intelligent tutor instruction in neurosurgical simulation: a randomized controlled trial30. Creation of a novel mindfulness-based cognitive therapy curriculum for surgical trainees: Mindfulness Integration in Surgical Training (MIST) 231. Comparison of ChatGPT and Gemini in responding to pediatric surgery clinical scenarios32. Examining the quality and quantity of verbal feedback in the operating room: a multispecialty study33. Influence of pig eye suturing on medical students’ perception of ophthalmic surgery in community medicine34. The use of different peer feedback frequencies in the acquisition of surgical skills using a decentralized model of simulation(2025)1 cited

→ Creating brave spaces: Simulation-based faculty development to interrupt microaggressions(2024)

→ Creating brave spaces: Simulation-based faculty development to disarm microaggressions(2023)

→ Understanding Emotions Impacted by New Assessment Mandates Implemented in Medical Education: A Survey of Residents and Faculty Across Multiple Specialties(2024)