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With pre and postworkshop questionnaire, student's expectations and thoughts about camp was evaluated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Forty-one students from 10 medical schools, spanning every year of study, attended the camp. Approximately 39% of the attendees (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200916) were women and 61% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200925) were men. The post-workshop survey results demonstrated that 73% of the students (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200930) were inclined to pursue a career in neurosurgery after the camp, 21.9% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20099) remained undecided, and 4.8% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092) chose not to pursue neurosurgery. 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