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Table 2 Comparison of usefulness of the mannequin-based surgical simulator to other methods and experiences in learning margin-involving eyelid laceration repair

From: Evaluation and implementation of a mannequin-based surgical simulator for margin-involving eyelid laceration repair – a pilot study

 

Median Likert Scalea

P valueb

Surgical simulator

2.5

Operating room

5

0.02

Emergency department/consult

4

0.07

Cadaver head

2.5

0.74

Past methods

1

0.03

  1. aUsefulness of each method was ranked on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = least useful, 5 = most useful)
  2. bLikert scale of our surgical simulator was compared to operating room, emergency room/consults, cadaver head and past methods (fruit peels, surgical skill boards, gloves, pig feet) using Wilcoxon rank-sum test