Table 2.

Results to examiner question in the five cirrhotic patients with subclinical ascites: only student 3 gave false negative results (failed to reveal ascites in all 5 scans), student 4 failed to reveal ascites in 2 out of 5 scheduled scans

ID student	Appropriate results of all three Q1 questions (a b c)	Number of correct results of the five Q2 questions (a b c d e)	Appropriate results of the five Q2 questions (a b c d e)
1	Y	5	TP
2	Y	5	TP
3	Y	0	FNa
4	Y	3	TPb
5	Y	5	TP

Y yes appropriate result, FN false negative, TP true positive, Q1 question related to station 1; (a) correct setting of the transducer (b) perform the 5 abdominal scheduled scans (c) store 1 picture for each scan; Q2 question related to station 2; description of the presence or absence of ascites in each of the 5 pictures stored (a b c d e)

^aFalse Negative abcde

^bFalse negative bce