Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of all study participants classified by experimental arm

Variable	Intervention (n = 16)	Control (n = 14)	P Value
Age, yr, mean	25.1	26.4	0.35
Year in training, mean*	2.81	2.57	0.76
Female	25	28.6	0.83
Right-handed	93.8	92.9	0.92
Plays an instrument	62.5	57.1	0.77
Athlete	75.0	57.1	0.32
Juggles	0	21.4	0.05
Artist	12.5	14.2	0.89
Can write blindly†	68.8	57.1	0.52
Active video game player	43.8	7.1	0.02

Data presented as percentage unless otherwise noted.

^*Denotes year 1 as a first-year medical student; year 5 would denote a first-year resident.

^†Refers to the self-reported ability to take written notes without looking at the paper (recorded as yes/no, reported here as percentage of subjects who said yes).