Filipe Caparica Santos

Dr. Caparica Santos main area of interest has been on how to improve the learning experience of medical students, residents and clinical fellows during their training. He has looked into how simulation and different debriefing methods can be used to train residents in gaining non-technical skills that are pivotal for successful management of critical events in the operating room. He is also interested in how feedback and coaching can impact learning and how to tackle barriers faced by international medical graduates during their transition to clinical fellowship programs in Canada.

Clinically, his research focus has been on the pharmacology of non-depolarizing neuromuscular blockers and its clinical impact. He is interested in analyzing the incidence of residual block in the postanesthesia care unit following general anesthesia and assess how drug protocols and intraoperative qualitative and quantitative neuromuscular monitoring can impact its occurrence and potential complications.