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

Table 3

Clinical attempts.

	Simulation Task Trainer; (n = 8)	Cadaver Model; (n = 8)
Total number of chest tubes	17	25
Median (IQR) number of chest tubes placed clinically	2 (2 – 2.75)	3 (1.25 – 5.5)
Total number of chest tubes placed without hands-on assistance	12 (71%)	18 (72%)
Total number of chest tubes placed requiring assistance with puncturing pleura	3 (18%)	4 (16%)
Total number of chest tubes requiring additional chest tube	2 (12%)	2 (8%)
Total number of chest tubes requiring modification after X-ray or CT scan	2 (12%)	2 (8%)
ED	5	10
ICU	7	10
Inpatient floor	1	3
OR	3	1
Other location	1	1