Callum Pearse

I am a fourth-year Medical Student at King's College London with a strong academic interest in surgical research, surgical education, and workforce wellbeing. My work focuses on the objective assessment of surgical performance, including research into robotic surgical skill acquisition using quantitative metrics and data-driven methods.

I have experience conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses across surgical education and workforce wellbeing. This includes published work on burnout among paediatric surgeons, as well as a systematic review on multi-platform simulated training and skill transferability in robotic surgery, which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Robotic Surgery.

I am particularly interested in research that bridges methodological rigour with clinical relevance, spanning surgical education, performance analytics, and clinician wellbeing. I am keen to collaborate on further surgery-focused research projects, especially those aligned with training, innovation, and workforce sustainability.

Burnout among paediatric surgeons: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2025.

Peer-reviewed systematic review quantifying burnout prevalence and identifying speciality-specific protective and risk factors.

Assessing effectiveness and skill transferability in multi-platform simulated training for robotic surgical skills: a systematic review. Journal of Robotic Surgery - accepted for publication.

Systematic review evaluating cross-platform skill transfer in robotic surgical training using simulation-based and objective performance measures. 

Published Journal Articles:

• Burnout among paediatric surgeons: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Peer-reviewed article published in BMJ Paediatrics Open (Dec 2025). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2025-004030

Accepted / In Press:

• Assessing Effectiveness and Skill Transferability in Multi-Platform Simulated Training for Robotic Surgical Skills: A Systematic Review. Accepted for publication (pre-print available).

Conference & Poster Contributions:

• Bimanual Dexterity as an Objective Marker of Robotic Surgical Expertise for a Machine Learning Model. Poster. Jun 2025.
• Hands On: A Comparative Analysis of Left- and Right-Hand Workspaces in Surgical Robotic Skills Training. Conference paper. Jan 2025.

• Co-author of a peer-reviewed systematic review and meta-analysis examining burnout among paediatric surgeons, published in BMJ Paediatrics Open.
• Contributed to a systematic review on multi-platform simulated training and skill transferability in robotic surgery, accepted for publication in the Journal of Robotic Surgery.
• Ongoing research in robotic surgical education, focusing on objective assessment of surgical skill acquisition and performance metrics across training levels.
• Collaborative research experience across multidisciplinary academic and clinical teams within surgical education and workforce wellbeing.