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Table 5 Time used and number of quiz questions used to complete the module and number of participants who answered either ‘agree’/‘strongly agree’ or ‘appropriate’ to the questions regarding the design of the module (data stratified by participants’ previous experience with NIRS monitoring)

From: Pilot test of an online training module on near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring for the randomised clinical trial SafeBoosC-III

Question

Experience

No experience

Total

Performance

 Minutes to complete module, median [range] (n/N)

13.5 [1–420] (40/46)c

20 [4–420] (30/35)c

15 [1–420] (70/81)c

 Number of questions to complete module, median [range] (n/N)

5.5 [4–20] (36/46)c

8 [4–50] (25/35)c

7 [4–50]

(61/81)c

Learning material

 Academic level of learning material appropriate, n/N (%)

39/46 (85)

30/35 (86)

69/81 (85)

 Learning material sufficient to complete quiza, n/N (%)

32/44 (73)

23/34 (68)

55/78 (70)

Quiz

 Academic level of quiz appropriatea, n/N (%)

41/46 (89)

34/35 (97)

75/81 (93)

 Number of answering possibilities per question appropriate, n/N (%)

27/46 (59)

22/35 (63)

49/81 (60)

 Quiz questions clinically relevant and up-to-datea

43/46 (93)

34/34 (100)

77/80 (96)

Interface

 The NIRS module was stable and did not crashb, n/N (%)

34/45 (76)

23/35 (66)

57/80 (71)

Preparation for using NIRS

 Relevant to prepare for using the NIRS devicea

41/45 (91)

31/35 (89)

72/80 (90)

  1. aPooling of the answers agree or strongly agree
  2. bYes to the statement
  3. c Number of responders answering the specific question and the total number of overall responders completing the online survey