Table 3.
Observer participationa by observer characteristics and web-based study platform (MPEG4 video and DICOM viewer)
MPEG4 video (n = 63) | P value | DICOM viewer (n = 80) | P value | |||||||
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Observers that not completed the evaluation | Observers that completed the evaluation | Observers that not completed the evaluation | Observers that completed the evaluation | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Sex | 0.99 | 0.46 | ||||||||
Male | 16 | 100 | 45 | 96 | 40 | 87 | 32 | 94 | ||
Female | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 6 | ||
Area | 0.43 | 0.14 | ||||||||
USA | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 18 | ||
Europe | 8 | 50 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 35 | 16 | 47 | ||
Asia | 2 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 12 | ||
Canada | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||
Other | 4 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 12 | ||
Years in independent practice | 0.51 | 0.45 | ||||||||
0–5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 21 | ||
6–10 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 41 | ||
11–20 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 21 | ||
21–30 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 18 | ||
Specialization | 0.66 | 0.94 | ||||||||
General orthopedics | 4 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 15 | ||
Orthopedic traumatology | 10 | 63 | 34 | 72 | 33 | 72 | 25 | 74 | ||
Other | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 12 | ||
Supervision of trainees | 0.41 | 0.99 | ||||||||
Yes | 13 | 81 | 42 | 89 | 41 | 89 | 31 | 91 | ||
No | 3 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
a Participation of observers that started with the evaluation