Teaching Residents Chest Tubes: Simulation Task Trainer or Cadaver Model?

Table 2

Participant demographics and experiences.

	Simulation task trainer; (n=8)		Cadaver model; (n=8)
EM residents	4	(50%)	4	(50%)
Surgery residents	4	(50%)	4	(50%)
PGY-1	6	(75%)	7	(87.5%)
PGY-2	2	(25%)	1	(12.5)
Male	5	(62.5%)	6	(75%)
Female	3	(37.5%)	2	(25%)
Median (IQR) age	27.5	(26 - 32)	28	(26 – 29.75)
Median (IQR) pre-study patients	0	(0 – 3)	0	(0 - 1)
Median (IQR) pre-study simulation task trainers	0	(0 – 1.75)	0.5	(0 – 3.75)
Median (IQR) pre-study cadavers	0.5	(0 – 2.75)	1	(0 – 1.75)
Median (IQR) pre-study animal models	0	(NA)	0	(0 - 0)
Independent	2	(25%)	1	(12.5%)
Not independent	6	(75%)	7	(87.5%)