Self-reported open cholecystectomy training, practice, and confidence in the laparoscopic era: An international convenience-sample survey

Table 5 Respondent characteristics (n = 391)

Characteristic	n	%
Current role
General surgery resident	105	26.9
Fellow - hepatopancreatobiliary surgery	5	1.3
Fellow - minimally invasive surgery	7	1.8
Fellow - trauma, critical and acute care surgery	4	1.0
Attending general surgeon	137	35.0
Attending hepatopancreatobiliary surgeon	30	7.7
Attending minimally invasive surgeon	48	12.3
Attending trauma and acute care surgeon	55	14.1
Postgraduate year (residents, n = 105)
PGY-1	14	13.3
PGY-2	32	30.5
PGY-3	46	43.8
PGY-4	1	1.0
PGY-5	12	11.4
Years of practice after completion of training
1-5 years	60	15.3
5-10 years	46	11.8
10-15 years	43	11.0
15-20 years	32	8.2
More than 20 years	104	26.6
Not answered	106	27.1

Percentages for current role and years of practice are calculated over the full sample (n = 391); percentages for postgraduate year are calculated over the 105 residents. The response options for years of practice are reproduced exactly as presented to respondents and overlap at 5, 10, 15 and 20 years, which is a limitation of the instrument. The item was directed at attending surgeons but, having been presented without automated branching, was answered by 285 respondents (265 attendings, 7 fellows, 13 residents); the 106 non-responders comprised 92 residents, 9 fellows and 5 attendings. Because the options overlap and the item was not restricted to attendings, these strata are approximate. PGY: Postgraduate year.