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. 2013 Jan 14;15(1):e9. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1715

Table 2.

Exit questionnaire about the participants’ perceptions of the training and attitudes toward it based on 5-point Likert-type scales.

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.