Skip to main content

Table 4 Validity of Global Rating Scale and checklist scores: Residents and staff surgeons, four evaluations for each participant (Mann–Whitney U test)

From: Ex-vivo and live animal models are equally effective training for the management of a penetrating cardiac injury

Group (n = number of evaluation forms)

Residents (n = 68)

Staff surgeons (n = 56)

P value

Global Rating Scale (mean and standard deviation, sum of seven scores each score range 1–5, with overall range 7–35)

21.7 (5.6)

28.9 (4.7)

0.000

Checklist score (range 0–4)

3.4 (0.9)

3.9 (0.3)

0.003