Table 3.
The survey results of residents’ confidence to deal with routine medical tasks
| Questions | A | B | C | D | B vs A | B vs D | C vs B | C vs D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-surgical skill | ||||||||
| 1 | 2.86(1.04) | 3.61(0.63) | 3.96(0.69) | 3.63(0.82) | < 0.01 | 0.93 | < 0.01 | 0.11 |
| 2 | 2.96(1.04) | 3.50(0.51) | 3.86(0.65) | 3.83(0.70) | < 0.05 | 0.05 | < 0.01 | 0.90 |
| 3 | 3.61(1.06) | 3.71(0.81) | 4.00(0.94) | 4.17(0.70) | 0.52 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | 0.47 |
| 4 | 2.94(0.96) | 3.75(0.65) | 4.04(0.74) | 3.96(0.75) | < 0.01 | 0.29 | < 0.05 | 0.71 |
| 5 | 3.07(0.94) | 3.71(0.60) | 4.07(0.67) | 3.71(0.75) | < 0.01 | 0.97 | < 0.01 | 0.07 |
| 6 | 2.93(0.98) | 3.50(0.58) | 3.89(0.83) | 3.38(0.65) | < 0.01 | 0.47 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 |
| 7 | 3.00(0.90) | 3.79(0.69) | 4.21(0.67) | 3.75(0.74) | < 0.01 | 0.86 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 |
| 8 | 2.79(0.99) | 3.57(0.74) | 3.96(0.88) | 3.96(0.75) | < 0.01 | 0.07 | < 0.01 | 0.97 |
| Surgical skills | ||||||||
| 9 | 3.11(1.10) | 3.36(0.56) | 3.64(0.78) | 3.38(0.77) | 0.26 | 0.92 | < 0.05 | 0.22 |
| 10 | 3.18(0.90) | 3.61(0.69) | 3.96(0.74) | 3.96(0.81) | < 0.05 | 0.09 | < 0.05 | 0.98 |
| 11 | 3.32(0.90) | 3.68(0.67) | 4.11(0.74) | 4.13(0.68) | 0.05 | < 0.05 | < 0.01 | 0.93 |
| 12 | 2.86(0.89) | 3.61(0.63) | 4.07(0.72) | 3.54(0.72) | < 0.01 | 0.73 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 |
| 13 | 2.82(0.98) | 3.79(0.63) | 4.18(0.67) | 4.38(0.49) | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.24 |
| 14 | 2.86(0.93) | 3.86(0.65) | 4.43(0.57) | 4.00(0.72) | < 0.01 | 0.46 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 |
| 15 | 2.54(1.04) | 4.04(0.74) | 4.29(0.66) | 4.00(0.66) | < 0.01 | 0.86 | < 0.05 | 0.13 |
| 16 | 2.64(0.91) | 3.89(0.69) | 4.25(0.70) | 3.88(0.79) | < 0.01 | 0.93 | < 0.01 | 0.08 |
| 17 | 2.71(0.98) | 3.68(0.61) | 4.36(0.68) | 3.96(0.81) | < 0.01 | 0.16 | < 0.01 | 0.06 |
| 18 | 2.96(1.14) | 3.96(1.14) | 4.32(0.61) | 3.88(0.74) | < 0.01 | 0.64 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 |
| 19 | 3.00(0.77) | 3.54(0.74) | 3.89(0.83) | 3.54(0.78) | < 0.05 | 0.98 | < 0.01 | 0.12 |
| 20 | 2.64(0.95) | 3.43(0.57) | 3.82(0.77) | 3.96(0.69) | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.51 |
| 21 | 2.96(0.92) | 3.71(0.53) | 4.18(0.67) | 3.42(0.78) | < 0.01 | 0.11 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
1. Smooth communication with patients; 2) work well with colleagues; 3) handle daily medical record writing; 4) prescribing preoperative prescriptions for different operations; 5) prescribing postoperative fluids; 6) differential diagnosis and basic management of an acute abdomen problem; 7) management of trauma patients; 8) management of patients with surgical complications; 9) perform a surgical puncture; 10) do a simple resection of superficial lesion; 11) place patient in correct surgical position; 12) deciding on the incision to be used in an abdominal surgery; 13) define the scope of disinfection for different operations; 14) determining the margins when excising a lesion; 15) naming surgical instruments correctly; 16) doing a one-handed reef knot; 17) doing an instrument tie; 18) doing a vessel ligation at depth; 19) doing a simple suture on my own; 20) deciding on the position of trocar during laparoscopic surgery; 21) navigating a camera during laparoscopy
A: Pre-boot camp, mean (standard deviation, SD); B: post-boot camp, mean (SD); C: annual survey of experimental group, mean (SD); D: control group’s annual survey, mean (SD)