Perioperative Educator Cleveland Clinic Parma, Ohio, United States
Disclosure(s):
Krystyna Howard, BSN,RN,CNOR: No financial relationships to disclose
Description: Service-Specific Scrub Bootcamp is a hands-on, immersive educational program designed to enhance the clinical readiness of new perioperative nurses. It bridges the gap between foundational operating room (OR) residency training and departmental surgical competence. Emphasizing high-impact technical skills and site-specific procedures, the bootcamp enables learners to demonstrate proficiency through guided practice and structured assessments.
With learning objectives focused on both knowledge application and technical execution under time constraints, the program fosters a deeper understanding of surgical workflows. Participants consistently report increased confidence, improved procedural comprehension, and a smoother transition into the OR environment.
By creating a safe, supportive space for questions, building strong educator-learner rapport, and reinforcing core perioperative concepts, the bootcamp significantly boosts both competence and comfort during clinical practice. It also offers a scalable framework for replicating the model across specialties and institutions, providing practical strategies to develop confident, skilled OR teams. Importantly, the bootcamp addresses key challenges in perioperative education, such as inconsistent precepting, variability across service lines, and the need for more robust, department-specific procedural training.
