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Table 3 Surgical Comfort Level and Precourse Anatomy Survery Scores

From: Closing the knowledge gap in pelvic neuroanatomy: assessment of a cadaveric training program

N total = 42

Precourse score for those who Strongly Agreed or Agreed

Precourse score for those who are Neutral, Disagreed, or Strongly Disagreed

p-value

“I feel comfortable performing less complicated laparoscopic surgeries such as bilateral tubal ligation”

32.29 (7.98)

N = 35

30.14 (10.70)

N = 7

0.54

“I feel comfortable performing complex laparoscopic surgeries such as hysterectomies in uncomplicated cases”

31.82 (8.40)

N = 34

32.38 (8.83)

N = 8

0.87

“I feel comfortable performing complex laparoscopic surgeries such as hysterectomies in complicated cases”

32.00 (7.70)

N = 22

31.85 (9.28)

N = 20

0.96

  1. Participants were provided the statements in column 1 prior to starting the course. They were asked to answer on a 5 point scale from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5). Those who answered strongly agreed or agreed were grouped together. Those who answered neutral, disagreed, or strongly disagreed were grouped together. Precourse scores of the groups were compared. All scores represented as Mean (Standard deviation). Data presented as Precourse score (Standard Deviation) with N = number of respondents out of 44
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