Table 1.

Calculation of Bench Mark Score Using Modified GOALS Scale (max score=20)

Tasks	Expert 1 scores			Expert 2 scores			Expert Group's Mean	Standard Deviation (×2)	Trimmed Mean
	Rep. 1	Rep. 2	Rep. 3	Rep. 1	Rep. 2	Rep. 3
Nondominant to dominant hand peg transfer	14	16	14	16	16	12	14.66	3.26	14.66
Simulated appendicectomy	18	14	18	19	18	16	17.16	1.84	17.83
Intracorporeal knot tying	15	20	16	15	19	13	16.33	2.51	15.25
Extracorporeal knot tying	12	16	15	17	18	18	16	3.84	16.58