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Group | General information | Speciality | Experience | |||||||
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Total number (Male:Female) | Mean age (range) | Paediatric | Gynaecology | Urology | Digestive | Visceral | Orthopaedic | General | ||
Experts | 17 (13:4) | 41.5 (62–30) | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | \(\ge\) 100 interventionsa |
Intermediates | 12 (11 :1) | 28 (32–25) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-20 interventionsa |
Inexperienced interns | 28 (20 :8) | 25.3 (40–23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | Weak experienceb |
Novices | 20 (7:13) | 31.5 (53–18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No experiencec |