Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants (n=8).
| Characteristics of participants (surgeons) | Statistics | |
| Physician training level, n (%) | ||
| Resident postgraduate year 1-4 | 1 (13) | |
| Fellow | 1 (13) | |
| Physician | 6 (75) | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||
| Female | 3 (38) | |
| Male | 5 (63) | |
| Age in years | ||
| Mean age, (SD) | 41.5 (11.67) | |
| Median age, (min-max) | 39.5 (29-69) | |
| Clinical experience in years | ||
| Mean clinical experience, (SD) | 13 (9.82) | |
| Median clinical experience, (min-max) | 11.5 (3-35) | |
| VRa technology comfort level or exposure (past experience with three-dimensional computer games or VR simulations), n (%) | 4 (50) | |
| Case conference presentation frequency | 5 cases/week | |
aVR: virtual reality.