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. 2007 Jul-Sep;11(3):273–302.

Module 3: Grasping

Proficiency = 111.5076 − 2.9354 Left instrument path length − 0.0013 Left instrument angular path −0.0632 Left instrument misses − 1.2948 Right instrument path length − 0.2603 Right instrument time −0.1122 Right instrument misses − 0.1343 Maximum damage

Variables Measured and Criterion Percentile Values
Variable 10 25 50 75 90
Left instrument path length 2.965 2.764 2.424 1.778 1.608
Left instrument angular path 701.949 626.146 499.675 399.267 379.985
Left instrument time 61.518 59.456 50.205 34.913 31.722
Left instrument misses 0 0 0 0 0
Right instrument path length 2.765 2.429 2.173 1.891 1.613
Right instrument angular path 496.771 424.834 331.345 305.61 295.78
Right instrument time 57.939 54.327 39.816 35.297 31.411
Right instrument misses 0 0 0 0 0
Tissue damage 5 5 4 2 1
Maximum damage 8.207 5.748 4.453 3.055 1.43
Proficiency score 80.914 84.84 88.821 92.713 95.749

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

Left instrument path length 1.37 1.689 2.327 2.965 3.284
Left instrument angular path 315.689 382.294 515.504 648.713 715.318
Left instrument time 28.369 34.912 47.997 61.083 67.626
Left instrument misses 0 0 0 0 0
Right instrument path length 1.509 1.727 2.165 2.603 2.821
Right instrument angular path 238.458 281.731 368.278 454.825 498.099
Right instrument time 24.833 31.098 43.63 56.161 62.426
Right instrument misses 0 0 0 0 0
Tissue damage −1.05 0.633 4 7.367 9.05
Maximum damage 0.244 1.771 4.824 7.877 9.404
Proficiency score 79.908 82.833 88.683 94.533 97.458