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Table 2 Correlations between pre-course variables and total DOPS Scores

From: A prospective study integrating a curriculum of interventional radiology in undergraduate education: a tetra-core simulation model

 

Total DOPS Score improvement in:

USS Access

Seldinger

Nephrostomy

Rho

p-value

Rho

p-value

Rho

p-value

Demographics

 Male/Female

−0.068

0.560

0.168

0.319

0.025

0.883

 Year of studies

0.219

0.059

−0.325

0.049

−0.121

0.474

 Country

−0.097

0.409

0.066

0.699

−0.117

0.491

 Age

−0.159

0.172

−0.047

0.782

−0.012

0.942

Exposure

 Previous teaching

0.217

0.062

−0.194

0.250

0.019

0.911

 Previous attachment

0.035

0.764

0.029

0.863

0.282

0.091

Confidence

 US Access Skills

−0.170

0.145

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

 Knowledge

0.079

0.501

−0.255

0.127

0.172

0.309

Knowledge

 Factual accuracy

−0.044

0.708

0.058

0.733

0.175

0.300

Motivation

 Likelihood to consider IR

0.124

0.291

−0.133

0.434

−0.035

0.835