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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2012 Aug 22;122(10):2184–2192. doi: 10.1002/lary.23369

Table 1.

Average scores for OSATS elements for Experts and trainees at Week 1. Scores are averages across the four skills in module 1 and ratings by three experts. Note the score differences of a full OSATS element point or more, as well as large Std. dev in trainees.

Time and Motion (TM) Instrument Handling(IH) Knowledge of Instruments(K) Flow of Operation(F) Knowledge of Procedure(KP) Respect for Tissue (R)
Expert 1 4.08 4.00 4.50 4.25 4.50 4.25
Expert 2 4.17 4.08 4.58 4.33 4.50 4.17
Expert 3 3.83 4.08 4.42 3.83 4.17 4.33
Expert 4 4.08 4.25 4.50 4.17 4.92 4.17

Average 4.04 4.10 4.50 4.15 4.52 4.23
Stdev. 0.14 0.10 0.07 0.22 0.31 0.08

Trainee 1 2.17 2.17 3.00 2.00 3.09 2.25
Trainee 2 3.08 2.83 3.50 2.92 3.58 2.83
Trainee 3 3.00 3.00 3.58 3.08 4.00 3.75
Trainee 4 3.00 3.00 3.63 3.13 3.88 3.25
Trainee 5 2.50 2.63 3.25 3.00 3.50 3.25
Trainee 6 2.88 3.00 3.50 2.88 3.63 3.25
Trainee 7 2.50 2.33 2.75 2.50 3.08 3.17
Trainee 8 2.83 3.00 3.17 2.83 3.58 3.33

Average. 2.74 2.74 3.30 2.79 3.54 3.14
Stdev 0.32 0.34 0.31 0.37 0.33 0.44