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. 2007 Jul-Sep;11(3):273–302.

Module 1: Dissection

Proficiency = 111.4094 − 0.0649 Left instrument path − 0.0097 Right instrument path − 0.0286 Left instrument smoothness 0.0106 Right instrument smoothness

Variables Measured and Criterion Percentile Values
Variable 10 25 50 75 90
Total time 118.101 99.993 69.165 59.37 52.875
Left instrument path 107.904 96.62 85.22 72.22 68.876
Right instrument path 318.034 281.74 223.38 195.33 128.32
Left instrument smoothness 497.9 406 259.5 236.25 207.5
Right instrument smoothness 381.6 316 282 225 170.2
Proficiency score 84.751 90.112 93.47 94.981 98.031

Means ± Standard Deviations for Each Variable
Variable −1.5 −1 0 +1 +1.5

Total time 33.043 48.79 80.284 111.778 127.525
Left instrument path 55.91 66.055 86.347 106.638 116.784
Right instrument path 117.488 156.129 233.41 310.691 349.332
Left instrument smoothness 133.918 194.745 316.4 438.055 498.882
Right instrument smoothness 134.885 184.22 282.889 381.558 430.893
Proficiency score 83.519 86.389 92.13 97.871 100.741