Number of Expected Cases | Number and (Relative Percentage) of Respondents |
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Before Simulation | After Simulation |
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0 to 5 | 35 (39.3%) | 7 (9.1%) |
6 to 9 | 16 (18.0%) | 6 (7.8%) |
10 to 14 | 20 (22.5%) | 17 (22.1%) |
15 to 19 | 15 (16.9%) | 25 (32.5%) |
20 to 25 | 3 (3.4%) | 22 (28.6%) |
Total | 89 (100%) | 77 (100%) |
- The calculated correct answer from the simulation was ‘13’, and there was no significant change in the relative percentage of students selecting the answer in the correct range. Of more interest, however, was that after the computer simulation, students displayed clear tendency to over-, rather than under-estimate, the number of patients the cohort would encounter in the first year of practice (p < 0.0001, Chi squared test grouping results for ‘0 to 5’ and ‘6 to 9’, and comparing with grouped results for ‘10 to 14’, ‘15 to 19’, and ‘20 to 25’)