2025 CAPS Evaluation & Questionnaire

Thank you for joining us at the 2025 CAPS Annual Meeting! Congratulations to all presenters for their excellent presentations. We hope you found the presentations informative and valuable. We would like to hear your feedback about the presentations for us to continually improve the experience for all attendees.
Questions with an asterisk (*) must be answered.

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* 1. Please identify if you are a:

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* 2. How many years have you been in practice?

For questions 3 through 7 please select the number that reflects your assessment of each of the following aspects of the 2025 CAPS annual meeting:

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* 3. Annual Meeting Content: Relevance to my job

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* 4. Annual Meeting Content: Compatibility with my expectations

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* 5. Annual Meeting Format: Presentations, Discussions, Audience Size, Interactive sessions.

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* 6. Perceived Learning: How would you rate the amount you have learned in this meeting compared to similar meetings?

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* 7. Overall rating of this meeting.

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* 8. Comments?

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* 9. On a scale from 1 (Not satisfactory) to 5 (Extremely satisfactory), please give us your overall satisfaction with this event.

  1-Not at all satisfactory 2 3-Satisfactory 4 5-Extremely satisfactory
Event Format

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* 10. On a scale from 1 (least valuable) to 5 (most valuable), please rate how valuable each meeting component is to you.

  1-Least valuable 2 3-Valuable 4 5-Most valuable Did not attend
CAPS Surgeon's Den Session 
Scientific Sessions
JPS-Fred MacLeod Lecture
Sigmund Ein Panel
CAPS Special Session: Case Controversies (Education Committee)
CAPS CanCorps review
CAPSNIG special session
Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Type of Learning Activity: Scientific Session 2 CAPS Surgeons Den

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* 11. For the Scientific Session 2 CAPS Surgeons Den session please rate your level of agreement with the statements below, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree N/A
The session met the stated learning objectives
The content met my learning needs
Potential conflicts of interest were clearly communicated

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* 12. Was the session balanced and unbiased?

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* 13. Sufficient time was allocated for interactive learning

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* 14. Describe at least two ways you intend to change your practice as a result of attending the Scientific Session 2 CAPS Surgeons Den session.

Date: Friday, September 19, 2025 - Saturday, September 20, 2025
Type of Learning Activity: Scientific Sessions 1, 3-7

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* 15. For the Scientific sessions 1 and 3-7 please rate your level of agreement with the statements below, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree N/A
The session met the stated learning objectives
The content met my learning needs
Potential conflicts of interest were clearly communicated

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* 16. The sessions balanced and unbiased?

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* 17. Sufficient time was allocated for interactive learning

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* 18. Describe at least two ways you intend to change your practice as a result of attending the Scientific sessions 1, 3-7.

Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
Time: 1:15 pm
Type of Learning Activity: CAPSNIG

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* 19. For the CAPSNIG please rate your level of agreement with the statements below, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree N/A
The session met the stated learning objectives
The content met my learning needs
Potential conflicts of interest were clearly communicated

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* 20. Was the session balanced and unbiased?

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* 21. Sufficient time was allocated for interactive learning

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* 22. Describe at least two ways you intend to change your practice as a result of attending the CAPSNIG.

Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm
Type of Learning Activity: 10th Annual Sigmund Ein session - Hosted by Ethics Committee

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* 23. For the 10th Annual Sigmund Ein session - Hosted by Ethics Committee, please rate your level of agreement with the statements below, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree N/A
The session met the stated learning objectives
The content met my learning needs
Potential conflicts of interest were clearly communicated

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* 24. Was the session balanced and unbiased?

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* 25. Sufficient time was allocated for interactive learning

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* 26. Describe at least two ways you intend to change your practice as a result of attending the 10th Annual Sigmund Ein session - Hosted by Ethics Committee.

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 9:00 am
Type of Learning Activity: JPS/MacLeod Lecture

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* 27. For the JPS/MacLeod Lecture, please rate your level of agreement with the statements below, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree N/A
The session met the stated learning objectives
The content met my learning needs
Potential conflicts of interest were clearly communicated

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* 28. Was the session balanced and unbiased?

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* 29. Sufficient time was allocated for interactive learning

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* 30. Describe at least two ways you intend to change your practice as a result of attending the JPS/MacLeod Lecture.

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 12:30 pm
Type of Learning Activity: Special Session: Case Controversis (Education Committee)

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* 31. For the Special Session: Case Controversis (Education Committee) please rate your level of agreement with the statements below, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree N/A
The session met the stated learning objectives
The content met my learning needs
Potential conflicts of interest were clearly communicated

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* 32. Was the session balanced and unbiased?

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* 33. Sufficient time was allocated for interactive learning

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* 34. Describe at least two ways you intend to change your practice as a result of attending the Special Session: Case Controversis (Education Committee).

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 4:30 pm
Type of Learning Activity: CanCorps review

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* 35. For the CanCorps review please rate your level of agreement with the statements below, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree N/A
The session met the stated learning objectives
The content met my learning needs
Potential conflicts of interest were clearly communicated

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* 36. Was the session balanced and unbiased?

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* 37. Sufficient time was allocated for interactive learning

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* 38. Describe at least two ways you intend to change your practice as a result of attending the CanCorps review.

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* 39. What was the most effective part of the CAPS 2025 meeting? Please tell us why.

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* 40. What was the least effective part of the CAPS 2025 meeting? Please tell us why.

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* 41. How closely were the following outlined meeting objectives met?

  1-Not met 2 3-Met satisfactorily 4 5-Exceeded Expectations
Present current updates on advances in clinical paediatric surgery
Present current updates on advances in the pathophysiology of paediatric surgical disorders
Provide for group discussion on controversial issues in pediatric surgery
Discussion of presented scientific papers 
Presentation and discussion on ethical and legal issues
Presentation and discussion on patient safety issues
Presentation and discussion on quality issues

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* 42. This activity has respected the code of ethics of parties involved in continuing medical education. CMA Code of Ethics

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* 43. This activity has respected the policy of the Canadian Medical Association: interaction with the pharmaceutical industry: directives for physicians. Physician-Industry Interaction

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* 44. Did you perceive any commercial bias in any part of the meeting or by any of the speakers?

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* 45. How could this meeting have been improved?

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* 46. Please list topics you'd like to hear about for future meetings.

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* 47. Please list possible speakers you'd like to hear from.

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* 48. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions?

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* 49. Please indicate which CanMEDS roles you felt were addressed during this meeting (please check all that apply).

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