Table 3.

Summary of practical scores for trainees participating in their first workshop.^a

	Training Session
	Sept 2013	Mar 2014	Jun 2014	Nov 2014
Number of Trainees	22	36	5	17
Practical Skills (IN)	Scores
Mean	Raw scores not recorded	2.2	2.5	2.6
SD		0.59	0.43	0.41
95% CI of mean		1.98–2.39	2.04–2.93	2.38–2.80
Minimum		0.6	2.0	1.7
Median		2.3	2.5	2.7
95% CI of median		2.0–2.6	2.0–2.9	2.4–2.9
Practical Skills (IM)	Scores
Mean	Raw scores not recorded	2.34	2.28	2.69
SD		0.58	0.54	0.38
95% CI of mean		2.14–2.54	1.71–2.85	2.49–2.88
Minimum		0.5	1.6	2.0
Median		2.3	2.2	2.7
95% CI of median		2.1–2.6	1.6–2.9	2.5–2.9
Practical Skills (Ave)	Scores
Mean	Raw scores not recorded	2.26	2.38	2.64b
SD		0.54	0.42	0.38
95% CI of mean		2.08–2.45	1.94–2.82	2.45–2.83
Minimum		0.6	1.9	1.9
Median		2.3	2.33	2.65
95% CI of median		2.05–2.45	1.9-2.9	2.5–2.9
Practical Skills (P/F)c	N (column %)
Passed	13 (59%)	23 (66%)	4 (80%)	15 (88%)d
Failed	9 (41%)	12 (34%)	1 (20%)	2 (12%)

^aNo new trainees participated in December 2013.

^bPairwise comparisons using a t-test (parametric) and the Mann–Whitney test (non-parametric) showed a significant difference between March and November; t-test p = 0.012; Mann–Whitney, p = 0.008.

^cPass = Average of IN and IM of 2.0 or greater.

^dChi-square, September vs. November, p = 0.099.