Table 1.
Description of the attendees.
| Physicians | Medical students | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of filled questionnaires (attendees, response rate) | 180 (206, 87.4%) | 261 (261, 100%) | P<0.001 |
| Age (median) | 36 years (range 26–78 years) | 25 years (range 21.46 years) | P<0.001 |
| Gender | n.s. | ||
| Female | 126 (70.0%) | 168 (64.4%) | |
| Male | 54 (30.0%) | 93 (35.6%) | |
| Handedness | P<0.05 | ||
| Right | 178 (98.9%) | 245 (92.8%) | |
| Left | 2 (1.1%) | 16 (6.1%) | |
| Both | 0 | 3 (1.1%) | |
| Number of endoscopy training courses attended in the past (median) | 1 (range 0–50) | n/a | n/a |
| Specialization | |||
| Gynecology | 165 (91.7%) | n/a | n/a |
| Urology | 4 (2.2%) | n/a | n/a |
| General surgery | 11 (6.1%) | n/a | n/a |
| Professional experience (median) | 6.75 years (range 0–34 years) | n/a | n/a |
| Professional status | |||
| Resident | 80 (44.4%) | n/a | n/a |
| Specialist | 72 (40.0%) | n/a | n/a |
| Consultant | 25 (13.9%) | n/a | n/a |
| Not specified | 3 (1.7%) | n/a | n/a |
| Number of laparoscopic surgeries as a surgeon (median) | 25 (range 0–5000) | n/a | n/a |
| Number of laparoscopic surgeries as an assistant (median) | 60 (range 0–3000) | 0 (range 0–30) | P<0.001 |