Table 2.
Exit question | Swedish group, median (IQR)a |
US group, median (IQR)a |
|
|
Session 1 n=12 |
Session 2 n=12 |
n=24 |
Did you feel that you were actually there?b | 4.0 (3.5-4.5) | 4.0 (3.0-4.0) | 4.0 (4.0-4.0) |
Did you experience any technical difficulties?b | 2.0 (1.5-2.5) | 2.0 (1.0-2.5) | 2.0 (2.0-3.0) |
How easy to learn to control your avatar?c | 4.0 (3.5-4.5) | 4.0 (3.5-5.0) | 4.0 (4.0-5.0) |
How useful for learning to react to a medical emergency?d | — | 4.5 (4.0-5.0) | 4.0 (4.0-5.0) |
Do you think this type of simulated training has a part in the education of tomorrow?e | 5.0 (4.0-5.0) | 5.0 (5.0-5.0) | — |
How confident to react to a medical emergency before today’s session?f | — | 4.0 (3.0-4.0) | 2.5 (2.0-3.0) |
How confident to react to a medical emergency after today’s session?f | — | 4.2 (4.0-5.0) | 4.0 (4.0-4.5) |
a IQR: interquartile range; —: question was not asked.
b 1 = not at all; 5 = all of the time.
c 1 = never learned how; 5 = very easy.
d 1 = not useful; 5 = very useful.
e 1 = not at all; 5 = yes, absolutely.
f 1 = not confident; 5 = extremely confident.