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Table 4 Comparison of performance of Groups A-bis (post self-training, final evaluation), B and C (initial evaluations)

From: High-fidelity simulation self-training enables novice bronchoscopists to acquire basic bronchoscopy skills comparable to their moderately and highly experienced counterparts

 

Group A-bis

Group B

Group C

P value (A-bis vs B)

P value (A-bis vs C)

No exp. ev. final (n = 8)

Moderate experience (n = 17)

Extensive experience (n = 9)

Visualization score (median [IQR])

28 [0]

27 [1]

28 [3]

0.017

0.244

Identification score (median [IQR])

27 [4]

24 [8]

20 [9]

0.118

0.02

Total procedure time in seconds (median [IQR])

216 [257]

198 [112]

210 [77]

0.954

0.7

Overall performance score (%) (median [IQR])

25.5 [26.3]

25.3 [13.8]

22.2 [5.5]

0.954

0.564

Scope-wall contact time (%) (median [IQR])

51.5 [9]

62 [8]

63 [21]

0.07

0.247

Scope at mid-lumen time (%) (median [IQR])

13.5 [4]

11 [3]

12 [6]

0.208

0.498