Table 2.

Correlations in r of general characteristics, spatial visualization ability, and eye–hand coordination.

	Moving Pearls		Hot Wire		Vaginal Vault Closure, quantity (time)		Vaginal Vault Closure, quality (OSAT score)		Ovarian Cyst Enucleation
	Performance	Learning progress	Performance	Learning progress	Performance	Learning progress	Performance	Learning progress	Performance	Learning progress
Physicians
Age
r	0.077	0.044	−0.115	−0.059	0.022	−0.039	−0.032	−0.016	−0.089	0.138
P	0.303	0.560	0.141	0.453	0.775	0.608	0.668	0.839	0.260	0.068
n	179	174	166	165	179	179	179	179	163	163
Professional experience in years
r	−0.011	0.040	−0.107	−0.012	−0.080	−0.044	−0.023	0.015	−0.091	0.173
P	0.884	0.600	0.167	0.883	0.288	0.559	0.763	0.839	0.247	0.021
n	180	175	166	166	180	180	180	180	164	164
Laparoscopic training courses
r	−0.053	0.057	−0.037	−0.013	−0.215	0.156	0.240	−0.124	−0.060	0.002
P	0.484	0.456	0.643	0.867	0.004	0.037	0.001	0.099	0.446	0.984
n	179	179	167	166	179	179	179	179	164	164
Experience in video games
r	−0.002	0.011	−0.056	0.087	0.070	0.056	−0.086	0.034	−0.045	−0.065
P	0.974	0.888	0.475	0.264	0.354	0.453	0.252	0.650	0.565	0.390
n	179	179	167	166	179	179	179	179	164	164
Tube figures (spatial visualization ability)
r	−0.225	0.020	0.228	0.022	−0.178	−0.008	0.208	0.120	−0.270	−0.076
P	0.002	0.715	0.003	0.694	0.017	0.885	0.005	0.031	0.000	0.180
n	180	175	167	166	180	180	180	180	164	178
Tiltagon (eye–hand coordination)
r	−0.276	0.150	0.104	−0.017	−0.111	0.019	0.124	0.043	−0.206	0.134
P	0.000	0.012	0.182	0.760	0.139	0.712	0.098	0.412	0.008	0.032
n	180	175	167	166	180	180	180	180	164	164
Experience in laparoscopic surgery in years
r	−0.175	0.096	−0.068	−0.018	−0.209	0.045	0.137	0.005	−0.148	0.118
P	0.019	0.207	0.387	0.832	0.005	0.551	0.068	0.943	0.059	0.116
n	179	179	166	165	179	179	179	179	163	163
Self-assessment as laparoscopic surgeon
r	−0.295	0.145	−0.089	−0.016	−0.383	0.205	0.213	−0.092	−0.281	0.162
P	0.000	0.056	0.262	0.836	0.000	0.007	0.005	0.228	0.000	0.075
n	174	174	162	162	174	174	174	174	160	160
Total number of laparoscopic procedures
r	−0.444	0.217	0.030	0.008	−0.446	0.218	0.326	−0.077	−0.283	0.099
P	0.000	0.004	0.701	0.921	0.000	0.003	0.000	0.307	0.000	0.190
n	179	175	167	166	179	179	179	179	164	164
Weekly number of laparoscopic procedures
r	−0.350	0.147	0.012	−0.030	−0.415	0.205	0.307	−0.101	−0.243	0.025
P	0.000	0.053	0.878	0.701	0.000	0.006	0.000	0.179	0.002	0.744
n	178	177	167	166	178	178	178	178	163	177
Number of intracorporal knots
r	−0.259	0.212	0.060	−0.074	−0.340	0.173	0.284	−0.132	−0.170	0.091
P	0.000	0.005	0.440	0.342	0.000	0.021	0.000	0.077	0.030	0.228
n	179	175	167	167	179	179	179	179	164	164
Number of ovarian cyst enucleations
r	−0.316	0.165	−0.025	−0.031	−0.402	0.191	0.242	−0.064	−0.228	0.131
P	0.000	0.029	0.748	0.691	0.000	0.010	0.001	0.393	0.003	0.082
n	179	179	167	166	179	179	179	179	164	163
Students
Age
r	0.069	0.023	−0.064	−0.005	0.132	0.016	−0.217	−0.001	0.137	0.030
P	0.264	0.708	0.306	0.942	0.034	0.802	0.000	0.993	0.039	0.649
n	261	261	261	261	260	258	260	250	228	228
Experience in video games
r	−0.117	−0.055	0.035	0.129	−0.080	−0.063	−0.039	−0.209	−0.022	−0.045
P	0.059	0.375	0.572	0.038	0.194	0.322	0.534	0.001	0.738	0.496
n	261	261	261	261	260	258	260	250	228	228
Tube figures (spatial visualization ability)
r	−0.275	−0.170	−0.073	−0.078	−0.231	0.115	0.298	0.076	−0.169	−0.001
P	0.000	0.000	0.241	0.207	0.000	0.066	0.000	0.233	0.010	0.987
n	261	261	261	261	260	258	260	250	228	228
Tiltagon (eye–hand coordination)
r	−0.231	−0.132	0.176	0.089	−0.080	−0.047	0.245	−0.039	−0.111	−0.071
P	0.000	0.033	0.004	0.152	0.200	0.448	0.000	0.537	0.096	0.285
n	261	261	261	261	260	258	260	250	228	228
Number of laparoscopic surgeries as assistant
r	−0.017	−0.085	0.005	0.121	−0.172	−0.112	0.127	0.027	−0.097	0.093
P	0.784	0.169	0.938	0.050	0.005	0.072	0.040	0.669	0.146	0.160
n	261	261	261	261	260	250	260	250	228	228

significant correlations are marked bold.

OSAT, Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill.