Demographic information and subject feedback on scenario
| Variable | Overall (n=67) | Control group (n=34) | Intervention group (n=33) | P value |
| Gender n (% male) | 47 (70.1) | 23 (67.6) | 24 (72.7) | 0.650* |
| Age band n (%yes) | 0.572* | |||
| 25–35 | 64 (97) | 32 (94.1) | 33 (100) | |
| 36–45 | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0) | |
| 46–55 | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0) | |
| Post graduate year (PGY) | 0.166* | |||
| PGY-2 | 32 (47.8) | 14 (41.2) | 18 (54.5) | |
| PGY-3 | 17 (25.4) | 12 (35.3) | 5 (15.2) | |
| PGY-4 | 18 (26.9) | 8 (23.5) | 10 (30.3) | |
| Prior simulation experience n (% yes) | 66 (98.5) | 34 (100) | 32 (97.0) | 0.306 |
| Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale score | 28.8 (7.0) | 28.5 (7.2) | 29.1 (6.9) | 0.708‡ |
| Sensitivity to Criticism Scale | 3.9 (0.81) | 4.0 (0.81) | 3.7 (0.78) | 0.063‡ |
| Gender of surgeon n (% male) | 46 (68.7) | 26 (76.5) | 20 (60.6) | 0.162* |
Continuous variables reported as mean (SD) or median (IQR) based on normality, categorical variables reported as n (%).
*Denotes χ2 test.
†Denotes ANOVA (analysis of variance) test.