Management of Obstetric Perineal Tears: Do Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residents Receive Adequate Training? Results of an Anonymous Survey

Table 3

Mean scores per block. Higher scores indicate better results (mean ± SD). There were no significant differences in anatomy, knowledge of episiotomy, or knowledge of perineal tears between 3rd and 4th year residents, residents from different hospital levels, number of residents per hospital, or number of deliveries per resident. *Level III hospitals are referral hospitals.

	Year of residence		Hospital level*		Residents per hospital		Deliveries per resident
	3rd	4th	II	III	1 or 2	>2	<1000	≥1000
Anatomy Questions	3.46±1.61	2.86±1.28	2.85±1.57	3.30±1.45	3.16±1.63	3.10±1.30	2.92±1.32	3.48±1.63
Episiotomy Questions	4.30±0.76	4.27±0.93	4.00±1.08	4.41±0.71	4.30±0.91	4.30±0.80	4.16±0.99	4.45±0.60
Tear questions	3.04±1.04	3.36±0.85	2.92±1.04	3.30±0.92	2.62±0.57	3.19±0.93	3.28±0.98	3.09±0.94
Teaching Questions	11.00±2.02	10.57±1.21	10.46±2.02	10.93±1.53	10.67±1.71	10.90±1.70	10.56±1.85	11.04±1.46
Total	21.86±3.90	21.00±2.49	20.23±3.92	21.97±2.87	20.75±3.43	21.44±2.81	20.78±3.46	22.20±2.95