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Table 2 Demographics

From: Assessment of validity evidence for the RobotiX robot assisted surgery simulator on advanced suturing tasks

 

Robotic experience

Laparoscopic experience

Novices

N

15

26

29

Mean age (SD)

43 (10.8)

35 (5.5)

24 (2.4)

Sex (male/female)

14/1

15/11

12/17

Dexterity (right/left/ambidextrous)

11/0/3

24/2/0

25/4/0

Surgical skill level

 Medical student

29

 Resident in training

  1–2 years

0

2

  3–4 years

1

11

  5–6 years

4

4

  Surgeon

10

9

Specialty

 None

29

 Surgery

3

8

 Urology

11

4

 Gynecology

1

10

 Pediatric

0

4

Overall laparoscopic experience (years)

 0

1

0

29

 < 1

0

1

 1–5

5

18

 5–10

1

2

 > 10

8

5

Robot assisted experience

 Basic procedures

  0

1

25

29

  < 10

2

1

  11–30

4

0

  31–50

0

0

  > 50

8

0

 Advanced procedures

  0

2

26

29

  1–20

6

  21–50

0

  > 50

7

  1. SD standard deviation. Procedures with intracorporal suturing were considered advanced