Table 1 Results of the public questionnaire (percentage - %)
From: Training safer surgeons: How do patients view the role of simulation in orthopaedic training?
Question | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neither agree or disagree | Agree | Strongly Agree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Simulators are widely used in surgical training | 0 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 38 |
2. Simulators should be compulsory in surgical training | 0 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 59 |
3. I would feel safer having an operation by a surgeon who has trained with simulators | 0 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 63 |
4. I believe that surgeons trained additionally on simulators are better surgeons | 0 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 47 |
5. 1 wuold want my operation to be performed by a surgeon who has trained additionally with simulators | 0 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 56 |
6. I enjoyed using the simulators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 67 |
7. I feel better informed about arthroscopic surgery having used a simulator | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 50 |