Table 2.

Simulator scores Promis I (n = 21)

	Pre-test	Post-test	Retention	Pre-test–post-test	Post-test–retention
	Mean (min–max)	Mean (min–max)	Mean (min–max)	P value*	P value*
Sharp dissection
Dominant instrument time (s)
Group C	390 (217–644)	197 (125–293)	183 (124–341)	ns	ns
Group T	385 (182–697)	215 (106–468)	224 (94–414)	ns	ns
Dominant instrument path (mm)
Group C	660 (333–1,146)	417 (246–631)	383 (252–508)	0.028	ns
Group T	686 (224–1,078)	486 (196–927)	441 (196–641)	0.016	ns
Object positioning
Dominant instrument time (s)
Group C	186 (137–266)	165 (95–302)	116 (72–152)	ns	ns
Group T	275 (113–493)	163 (112–293)	148 (91–213)	0.013	ns
Dominant instrument path (mm)
Group C	506 (294–1,373)	683 (247–3,588)	344 (207–714)	ns	ns
Group T	596 (285–951)	432 (256–864)	399 (288–532)	0.041	ns

ns Not significant

* Within-group analysis, Wilcoxon signed rank