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. 2015 Oct 23;15:179. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0457-4

Table 1.

No. of procedures required to be completed according to the responses of faculty and residents with differences according to p-value

Faculty Residents Difference Overall
n = 20 n = 44 p-value n = 64
Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR)
Mean age (SD) 43.2 (9.03) 28.5 (3.00) 33.4 (9.23)
Peritoneal paracentesis
 Observer 3 (2) 5 (2) 0.39 4 (2)
 Assistant 3 (3) 4 (3) 0.86 4 (3)
 Supervised 5 (5) 4 (3) 0.33 4.5 (3)
 Independent 6.5 (7.5) 10 (15) 0.29 10 (12.5)
Pleural paracentesis
 Observer 4 (2) 4 (3) 0.76 4 (3)
 Assistant 4 (3) 4 (4) 0.17 4 (3)
 Supervised 5 (6.5) 4 (3) 0.07 5 (3)
 Independent 9 (5) 6 (5) 0.51 9 (5)
Pericardial paracentesis
 Observer 4 (3) 3 (3) 0.43 4 (3)
 Assistant 3 (3) 4 (3) 0.98 3 (3)
 Supervised 2.5 (4) 4 (3) 0.62 4 (3)
 Independent 5 (3.5) 4 (9) 0.59 5 (8)
LP
 Observer 4 (2) 5 (2) 0.53 5 (2)
 Assistant 4 (3) 5 (3) 0.95 4 (3)
 Supervised 4 (5) 5 (3) 0.58 5 (3)
 Independent 8 (15) 5 (7.5) 0.24 7 (10)
CVP-Femoral V.
 Observer 4 (2) 4 (3) 1.00 4 (2)
 Assistant 3 (2.75) 4 (2) 0.77 4 (2)
 Supervised 5 (5) 4 (2.5) 0.73 5 (2)
 Independent 5 (5) 5.5 (5) 0.71 5 (5)
CVP-internal jugular V
 Observer 4 (2) 4.5 (2) 0.67 4 (2)
 Assistant 4 (2) 4 (2) 0.91 4 (2)
 Supervised 5 (5) 4 (2) 0.13 4 (2)
 Independent 5 (6.75) 5 (6) 0.75 5 (6)
CVP-Subclavian
 Observer 4 (1.75) 5 (2) 0.98 4 (2)
 Assistant 4 (2) 4 (2) 0.51 4 (2)
 Supervised 5 (4) 4 (2) 0.02 4 (2)
 Independent 5 (7) 5 (2) 0.64 5 (3.5)
Jo Cath
 Observer 4 (2) 4 (2) 0.63 4 (2)
 Assistant 4.5 (2.25) 4.5 (1.25) 0.68 5 (2)
 Supervised 5 (4.25) 5 (2) 0.29 5 (1)
 Independent 5 (6.5) 5 (6) 0.96 5 (6)
TPM
 Observer 4 (2) 3 (4) 0.68 3 (3.25)
 Assistant 3 (4) 3 (3) 0.43 3 (3)
 Supervised 5 (2) 2 (3) 0.08 3 (3)
 Independent 4.5 (4.5) 3 (3) 0.72 3 (3)
Arterial line
 Observer 4 (2.75) 3 (3) 0.73 3 (3)
 Assistant 3.5 (3) 3 (3) 0.47 3 (3)
 Supervised 4 (3) 3.5 (3) 0.48 4 (3)
 Independent 5 (2) 5 (7) 0.62 5 (7)
ABG
 Observer 4 (3) 5 (3) 0.32 5 (3)
 Assistant 5 (3) 5 (2) 0.50 5 (3)
 Supervised 5 (6.5) 5 (6) 0.65 5 (7)
 Independent 10 (11.25) 20 (35) 0.00 20 (18.75)
CPR
 Observer 5 (2.75) 5 (5) 0.02 5 (7)
 Assistant 5 (6.5) 5 (5) 0.14 5 (6.75)
 Supervised 5 (5.75) 10 (5) 0.26 6 (5)
 Independent 10 (15) 20 (12.5) 0.03 20 (10)
Bone marrow aspiration
 Observer 3.5 (3) 5 (2.75) 0.37 4 (3)
 Assistant 4 (2.75) 4.5 (2) 0.83 4 (3)
 Supervised 5 (4.5) 5 (4) 0.64 5 (3)
 Independent 6 (5) 6 (10) 0.94 6 (10)
Joint aspiration
 Observer 3 (3) 2 (1) 0.06 2 (1)
 Assistant 2.5 (3) 2 (1.5) 0.04 2 (1)
 Supervised 4.5 (3.75) 2 (2) 0.00 3 (3)
 Independent 5 (4.5) 2 (4) 0.23 5 (4)
Chest intubation
 Observer 3 (3) 3 (3) 0.96 3 (3)
 Assistant 3 (3.5) 3 (3) 0.35 3 (3)
 Supervised 4.5 (3.25) 4 (2) 0.34 4 (2)
 Independent 5 (7) 5 (5) 0.44 5 (6)
Endotracheal intubation
 Observer 4.5 (2) 5 (2) 0.84 5 (2)
 Assistant 4 (5.75) 5 (2) 0.87 5 (2)
 Supervised 5 (6) 5 (4) 0.37 5 (7)
 Independent 7 (7) 5 (8) 0.55 5 (7)
Swan ganz catheterization
 Observer 4 (4.25) 2 (2) 0.05 3 (2)
 Assistant 2.5 (3.75) 2 (2) 0.30 2 (2)
 Supervised 4.5 (3.25) 3 (3) 0.25 4 (3)
 Independent 5 (5) 2 (3.25) 0.57 3 (4)
Urethral catheterization
 Observer 5 (3) 5 (2) 0.34 5 (3)
 Assistant 5 (3) 5 (0) 0.06 5 (3)
 Supervised 5 (6.25) 10 (6) 0.50 5 (7)
 Independent 10 (34) 25 (10) 0.08 20 (21)
Pleural biopsy
 Observer 3 (3) 2 (1) 0.23 2.5 (3)
 Assistant 3 (3) 2 (1) 0.03 2 (2.25)
 Supervised 5 (5) 3 (3) 0.01 3 (3)
 Independent 5 (6) 3 (4) 0.13 4.5 (4)