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.

Recent Publications

1. SANTOS, F.N.C., BRAGA, A.F.A., JUNQUEIRA, F.E.F., BEZERRA, R.M., ALMEIDA, F.F., BRAGA, F.S.D.S., CARVALHO, V.H. Use of neuromuscular blockers and neostigmine for general anesthesia and its association with neuraxial blockade: A retrospective study. Medicine. 2017 Jun;96(26):e7322. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000007322. Principal Author.
    
2. SANTOS, F.N.C., BRAGA, A. DE F., RIBEIRO, C.J.B.L., BRAGA, F.S.D.S., CARVALHO, V.H., JUNQUEIRA, F.E.F. Use of protocol and evaluation of postoperative residual curarization incidence in the absence of intraoperative acceleromyography - Randomized clinical trial. Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2017 [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1016/j.bjan.2017.0006. Principal Author.
    
3. CARVALHO, V.H., BRAGA, A. DE F., BRAGA, F.S., POTÉRIO, G.M., SANTOS F.N.C., JUNQUEIRA, F.E. Association between levobupivacaine and pancuronium. Interference in neuromuscular transmission and blockade in rats. Acta Cir Bras. 2016 Jul;31(7):486-9. doi: 10.1590/S0102-865020160070000009. Collaborator.
    
4. CARVALHO, V.H., DE ASSUNÇÃO BRAGA, A. F.A., DA SILVA BRAGA, F., POTÉRIO, G.M.B., SANTOS, F.N.C., JUNQUEIRA, F. F. Effect of 50% enantiomeric excess bupivacaine mixture combined with pancuronium on neuromuscular transmission in rat phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparation; a pilot study. Indian J Anaesth, 59(11), p. 701, 2015. doi:10.4103/0019-5049.170019. Collaborator.
    
5. BRAGA, A.F.A., CARVALHO, V. H., BRAGA, F. S., POTÉRIO, G. M. B., SANTOS, F.N.C. Effect of ropivacaine combined with pancuronium on neuromuscular transmission and effectiveness of neostigmine and 4‐aminopyridine for blockade reversal: experimental study. Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 65(2), 136–140, 201 doi:10.1016/j.bjan.2013.10.020. Collaborator.
    
6. BRAGA, A.F.A.; CARVALHO, V. H.; BRAGA, F. S.S.; POTERIO, G. M. B.; SANTOS, F.N.C. Evidence of presynaptic and postsynaptic action of local anesthetics in rats. Acta Cirurgica Brasileira, 28, p. 774, 2013. doi:10.1590/s0102-86502013001100005. Collaborator.

Honours and Awards

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• 2017-2018 FitzGerald Academy Teacher Award (Clinical Skills)
• 2017-2018 MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence