Table 3 Availability of surgical skill training tools
From: New start of surgical residents training: the first survey of program directors in Korea
| Group A | Group B |
Total N (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic suture kit | 0.750 | |||
| yes | 20 | 25 | 45 (81.8%) | |
| no | 5 | 5 | 10 (18.2%) | |
| Laparoscopic training box | 0.843 | |||
| yes | 14 | 16 | 30 (54.5%) | |
| no | 11 | 14 | 25 (45.5%) | |
| Robot simulator | 0.721 | |||
| yes | 6 | 6 | 12 (21.8%) | |
| no | 19 | 24 | 43 (78.2%) | |
| Animal laboratory | 0.095 | |||
| yes | 8 | 4 | 12 (21.8%) | |
| no | 17 | 26 | 43 (86.7%) | |
| Laparoscopic simulator | 0.637 | |||
| yes | 9 | 9 | 18 (32.7%) | |
| no | 16 | 21 | 37 (67.3%) | |