Table 4.

Frequency (and percentage) of different amounts of experience in real life and simulated practice

	None	1-2	3-4	5 or more
How many times have you had "hands on" experience of providing immediate care in a ‘real life’ medical emergency? (i.e. been a Participant or Lead in an acute care situation)* (n = 343)	42 (12%)	142 (41%)	97 (28%)	62 (18%)
How many acute care simulation sessions did you attend in your final Year? (i.e. sessions involving SimMan®) (n = 339)	8 (2%)	93 (27%)	144 (42%)	95 (28%)

*Lead defined as "assessed the patient, started initial management, sought help as appropriate"; Participant as "had a hands-on role e.g. placing a cannula, airway manoeuvres etc".