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neurosurgery subinternships critical portion medical student application neurosurgery residency programs allowing programs assess students clinical knowledge interpersonal skills work ethic character despite critical auditions many students poor understanding expectations prior beginning subinternships thomas jefferson university hosted combined inperson virtual boot camp session open medical students interested neurosurgery authors sought determine effectiveness inaugural course total 304 registered participants sent survey assessing attitudes toward neurosurgery subinternships beliefs abilities comfort various neurosurgical skills participants sent postsession survey composed questions mean scores responses pre postsession survey questions recorded based graduating year medical school type us allopathic us md us osteopathic us foreign degreeinternational medical graduate img differences means pre postsession survey responses analyzed using student ttest statistical significance set p 005 total 112 presession surveys 64 postsession surveys completed yielding presession survey response rate 368 postsession survey response rate 211 seventyfive percent postsession survey respondents attended virtually 25 inperson us md us img attendees demonstrated significantly increased understanding expectations neurosurgery subintern p 0001 students significantly increased confidence ability succeed subinterns us md students imgs p 0001 us students p 005 regarding procedural confidence us md students increased confidence craniotomies cranial plating p 0001 comparing responses graduation year students classes 2024 2025 rising 4thyear rising 3rdyear medical students respectively demonstrated significantly increased understanding expectations confidence ability succeed 0001 seventyfive percent postsession survey respondents attended virtually 25 inperson inperson cohort greater improvements comfort procedures craniotomies cranial plating extraventricular drain placement inperson vs zoom mean differences craniotomies cranial plating 229 extraventricular drain placement 231 p 005 boot camp successfully delineated expectations neurosurgery subinterns enhanced attendees confidence abilities authors concluded hybrid virtual inperson format beneficial feasible increasing accessibility information neurosurgery subinternships