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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2018 Jun 18;217(1):180–185. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.06.009

Table 4:

Perceived barriers to implementation within centers using and not using simulation-based training for trauma resuscitation.

Centers that do NOT Use Simulation (N=20) Centers that Use Simulation (N=63)
Not a Barrier Minor Barrier Major Barrier Makes Simulation Impossible Weighted Ordinal Rank Not a Barrier Minor Barrier Major Barrier Makes Simulation Impossible Weighted Ordinal Rank 1p-value 2Association with Sim Use, r
Funding to Buy Simulators 12 (60%) 2 (10%) 3 (15%) 3 (15%) 1 48 (76%) 5 (8%) 9 (14%) 1 (2%) 4 0.11 −0.36
Funding for Faculty/Staff Time to Participate 13 (65%) 0 (0%) 5 (25%) 2 (10%) 2 43 (68%) 5 (8%) 13 (21%) 2 (3%) 1 0.55 −0.34
Funding to Run Sessions 11 (55%) 3 (15%) 5 (25%) 1 (5%) 2 39 (62%) 15 (24%) 8 (13%) 1 (2%) 2 0.35 −0.36
Technical Expertise to Run Simulations 11 (55%) 4 (20%) 5 (25%) 0 (0%) 4 55 (87%) 6 (10%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 8 0.01 −0.27
Physician Buy-In 12 (60%) 5 (25%) 3 (15%) 0 (0%) 5 43 (68%) 7 (11%) 13 (21%) 0 (0%) 3 0.70 NS
Leadership 14 (70%) 3 (15%) 3 (15%) 0 (0%) 6 45 (62%) 12 (19%) 6 (10%) 0 (0%) 5 0.81 −0.27
Data to Support Simulation Use 14 (70%) 4 (20%) 2 (10%) 0 (0%) 7 56 (89%) 7 (11%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 10 0.03 −0.24
Nursing Buy-In 15 (75%) 3 (15%) 2 (10%) 0 (0%) 8 50 (79%) 11 (18%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 7 0.60 −0.24
Lack of Scenarios to Run 16 (80 %) 2 (10%) 2 (10%) 0 (0%) 9 55 (87%) 7 (11%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 9 0.36 NS
Ancillary Staff Buy-In 16 (80%) 3 (15%) 1 (5 %) 0 (0%) 10 47 (75%) 12 (19%) 3 (5%) 1 (2%) 6 0.62 NS
1

Mann-Whitney U comparing median ordinal barrier scores for each barrier category between centers using and not using simulation-based training for trauma resuscitation.

2

Spearman’s Rho comparing barrier score for each scale within each center to number of pediatric simulations implemented in 2016 (all significant correlations have p<0.05).