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Table 3 Perceived educational value of the MSESS

From: The McGill simulator for endoscopic sinus surgery (MSESS): a validation study

  

Medical students

Junior residents

Senior residents

Attending faculty

Mean score (SD)

Mean score (SD)

Mean score (SD)

Mean score (SD)

Learn theory

Anatomy

9.4 (0.84)

8.3 (2.0)

9.0 (1.0)

8.67 (0.57)

Steps - anterior ethmoidectomy

9.7 (0.67)

8.2 (1.93)

8.78 (1.09)

7.67 (0.57)

Steps - posterior ethmoidectomy

9.7 (0.67)

8.4 (1.89)

8.78 (1.09)

7.66 (1.15)

Steps - sphenoidotomy

9.6 (0.69)

8.2 (1.75)

8.45 (1.23)

7.0 (1.0)

Practice technical skills

Hand-eye coordination

9.5 (0.84)

8.1 (2.18)

9.0 (1.32)

7.67 (1.41)

Bimanual dexterity

9.5 (0.84)

8.1 (2.28)

8.89 (1.36)

8.0 (0)

Efficiency

9.6 (0.69)

7.9 (1.75)

8.44 (1.23)

7.33 (2.08)

Safety

Identify

9.4 (0.84)

8.7 (1.94)

8.0 (1.64)

9.0 (1.0)

No-go zones1

  1. Scores were on a 10-point rating scale. The anchors to the scale were 1 = Not at all useful, 3 = Minimally useful, 5 = Adequate, 7 = Useful, 10 = Extremely useful.
  2. 1No-go zones referred to the lamina papyracea, orbital fat, skull base and optico-carotid recess.