Age, yr, mean ± SD | 42.7 ± 7.2 | 46.5 ± 8.1 | 0.6 |
Years in practice, mean ± SD | 9.5 ± 7.3 | 14.4 ± 8.2 | 0.04 |
No. of residents per year, mean ± SD | 15.2 ± 15.6 | 14.7 ± 9.2 | 0.9 |
No. of medical students per year, mean ± SD | 12.5 ± 11.4 | 10.9 ± 6.3 | 0.6 |
Previous experience with evaluation tools | 11 (48) | 10 (42) | 0.8 |
Specialty | | | 0.9 |
General surgery | 17 (74) | 18 (75)) | |
Other subspecialty | 6 (26) | 6 (25) | |
Practice setting | | | 1.0 |
Academic | 19 (83) | 22 (92) | |
Community | 4 (17) | 2 (8) | 0.1 |
University appointment | 22 (96) | 20 (83) | |
Sex | | | 0.8 |
Female | 5 (22) | 6 (25) | |
Male | 18 (78) | 18 (75) | |