Fig. 7

Pre- and post-course self-assessments of participants attending the module Visceral resection techniques. Spider web graphs display the differences between the pre- (full line) and post-course (dotted line) self-assessments. A Exercises in the skills lab B Exercises during animal surgery. C Table of pre- and post-course self-assessments with a five-step scale, with 1 = no theoretical or practical knowledge, 2 = no practical but theoretical knowledge, 3 = performance with major help, 4 = independent performance with little help, and 5 = independent performance without help. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) and compared using Student’s t-test for paired samples. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant