Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all participants
From: Hysteroscopy training and learning curve of 30° camera navigation on a new box trainer: the HYSTT
Novices (N = 30) | Experts (N = 10) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic data | ||||
Sex, male/female, No. (%) | 6:24 (20:80) | 8:2 (80:20) | ||
Age, median in years (range) | 24.0 (21 – 27) | 51.5 (42 – 56) | ||
Handedness, right/left, No. (%) | 27:3 (90:10) | 10:0 (100:0) | ||
Days between series, median (range) | 14 (11–19) | NA | ||
Training experience in hysteroscopy, No. (%) | Animal | Box | VR | |
0 h | 30 (100) | 5 (50) | 7 (70) | 7 (70) |
1–10 h | 0 | 5 (50) | 3 (30) | 3 (30) |
>10 h | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Novice experience | ||||
Hysteroscopies seen, No. (%) | ||||
0 | 17 (56.7) | |||
1–10 | 12 (40.0) | |||
> 10 | 1 (3.3) | |||
Hysteroscopies performed, No. (%) | 0 (100) | |||
Expert experience | ||||
Hysteroscopies performed,a No. (%) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1–30 | 0 | 0 | 2 (20) | |
31–50 | 0 | 0 | 3 (30) | |
>50 | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | 5 (50) | |