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Table 4 Comparisons between trainees’ backgrounds and the trauma care knowledge test results before and after the training

From: Cross-sectional study of the educational background and trauma knowledge of trainees in the “China trauma care training” program

Items

Mean scores before training (mean ± SD)

Mean scores after training (mean ± SD)

t

P

Years of experience in trauma care

 0–1 year (n = 193)

69.46 ± 15.55

83.19 ± 13.77

−9.46

< 0.001*

 1–3 years (n = 132)

70.42 ± 14.40

83.41 ± 11.38

−9.34

< 0.001*

 3–5 years (n = 137)

70.07 ± 14.14

85.84 ± 14.15

−9.03

< 0.001*

 More than 5 years (n = 749)

71.71 ± 14.78

85.77 ± 12.17

−20.11

< 0.001*

Professional title

 Senior (n = 76)

73.09 ± 15.05

86.51 ± 13.90

−5.49

< 0.001*

 Subsenior (n = 310)

72.40 ± 14.72

84.39 ± 12.30

−11.37

< 0.001*

 Intermediate (n = 496)

72.13 ± 14.28

85.68 ± 11.43

−16.38

< 0.001*

 Junior (n = 329)

67.58 ± 15.16

84.60 ± 14.23

−15.51

< 0.001*

Past trauma training

 With regular internal subject learning (n = 788)

71.38 ± 14.89

85.33 ± 12.23

−20.53

< 0.001*

 Without regular internal special study (n = 423)

70.38 ± 14.67

84.69 ± 13.32

−15.32

< 0.001*

 With hospital learning of case analysis (n = 722)

71.41 ± 14.68

85.01 ± 12.72

−19.56

< 0.001*

 Without hospital learning of case analysis (n = 489)

70.46 ± 15.00

85.25 ± 12.50

−16.55

< 0.001*

 With academic conference on trauma (n = 708)

72.22 ± 14.45

85.43 ± 12.17

−19.16

< 0.001*

 Without academic conference on trauma (n = 503)

69.33 ± 15.16

84.65 ± 13.24

−17.06

< 0.001*

 With advanced studies at home and abroad (n = 291)

71.62 ± 14.82

85.43 ± 13.69

−11.83

< 0.001*

 Without advanced studies at home and abroad (n = 920)

70.83 ± 14.82

85.00 ± 12.28

−22.76

< 0.001*

 With nonstandard trauma courses (n = 335)

72.21 ± 15.36

84.57 ± 14.13

−11.42

< 0.001*

 Without nonstandard trauma courses (n = 876)

70.57 ± 14.58

85.31 ± 12.00

−23.17

< 0.001*

 With self-study (n = 618)

70.83 ± 13.94

84.68 ± 13.55

−18.12

< 0.001*

 Without self-study (n = 593)

71.23 ± 15.68

85.55 ± 11.58

−18.1

< 0.001*

Trauma care mode

 Emergency department+ multidiscipline consultation + dispersed treatment in multiple departments of surgery (n = 960)

71.41 ± 14.85

85.19 ± 12.41

−22.51

< 0.001*

 Centralized treatment in the emergency department (n = 87)

70.57 ± 16.56

85.57 ± 11.87

−6.56

< 0.001*

 Centralized treatment in the department of traumatology (n = 84)

69.82 ± 12.74

82.38 ± 16.92

−5.67

< 0.001*

 Centralized treatment in the general surgery department (n = 16)

65.94 ± 16.15

85.94 ± 9.35

−3.97

0.0012*

 Centralized treatment in the department of orthopedics (n = 21)

70.00 ± 13.23

84.29 ± 8.98

−5.01

< 0.001*

 Other (n = 43)

68.02 ± 14.19

97.67 ± 11.30

−7.42

< 0.001*

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