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. 2007 Jul-Sep;11(3):273–302.

Module 3: Suturing & Knot Tying

R-Proficiency = 100.1275 − 0.005 Left instrument path − 0.013 Right instrument smoothness

Variables Measured and Criterion Percentile Values
Variable 10 25 50 75 90
Total time 295.784 266.577 114.63 94.248 74.59
Left instrument path 694.584 560.12 348.67 249.77 202.574
Right instrument path 854.166 672.87 409.62 246.39 241.238
Left instrument smoothness 891 817 343 301 225.8
Right instrument smoothness 1154.1 938.5 423 354.5 246.8
Proficiency score 81.612 84.144 92.947 94.031 96.019

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

Total time 5.068 62.387 177.024 291.661 348.98
Left instrument path 79.253 189.984 411.446 632.907 743.638
Right instrument path 72.381 210.16 485.719 761.278 899.057
Left instrument smoothness 23.086 178.835 490.333 801.832 957.581
Right instrument smoothness −4.813 212.625 647.5 1082.375 1299.813
Proficiency score 78.65 82.206 89.318 96.43 99.985