Research Article
The Use of Laparoscopy Simulation to Explore Gender Differences in Resident Surgical Confidence
| Demographic | GS residents () | OBG residents () | value |
| Gender | | | <0.01 | Male | 13 (50%) | | | Female | 13 (50%) | 25 (100%) | | Ethnicity | | | 0.42 | Caucasian | 14 (54%) | 17 (68%) | | Asian | 7 (27%) | 5 (20%) | | African American | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | | Hispanic | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | | Other | 4 (15%) | 2 (8%) | | PGY level | | | 0.26 | First half of training | 18 (69%) | 13 (52%) | | Second half of training | 8 (31%) | 12 (48%) | | FLS curriculum | | | 0.01 | Yes | 16 (62%) | 5 (20%) | | No | 10 (38%) | 20 (80%) | | # simple laparoscopies | | | 0.26 | 0–10 | 4 (15%) | 7 (28%) | | 10–20 | 6 (23%) | 8 (32%) | | >20 | 16 (62%) | 10 (40%) | | # complex laparoscopies | | | 0.09 | 0–10 | 23 (89%) | 17 (68%) | | 10–20 | 3 (11%) | 7 (28%) | | >20 | 0 | 1 (4%) | |
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