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. 2016 Jul 15;31(3):1192–1202. doi: 10.1007/s00464-016-5090-8

Table 1.

Mean comparisons and correlation coefficients for camera movement frequency (CFrq) across all simulation exercises

New Intermed. Exp. p value (N vs. I) p value (N vs. E) p value (I vs. E) Time Overall score
Corr. coef. p value Corr. coef. p value
Camera Targeting—Level 1 0.25 ± 0.10 0.36 ± 0.10 0.37 ± 0.11 0.0051 0.0044 0.8392 0.6081 <0.0001 0.4958 0.0007
Camera Targeting—Level 2 0.22 ± 0.07 0.32 ± 0.07 0.36 ± 0.09 0.0009 <0.0001 0.2132 0.7381 <0.0001 0.6359 <0.0001
Dots and Needles—Level 1 0.02 ± 0.02 0.05 ± 0.04 0.07 ± 0.05 0.0095 0.0048 0.3155 0.6457 <0.0001 0.5722 0.0003
Dots and Needles—Level 2 0.01 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.03 0.06 ± 0.06 0.1296 0.0429 0.1151 0.4483 0.0114 0.2947 0.1075
Energy Dissection—Level 1 0.03 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.05 0.0008 0.0006 0.3565 0.5366 0.0003 0.4945 0.0010
Energy Dissection—Level 2 0.04 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.05 0.0295 0.0114 0.4572 0.2531 0.1151 0.2114 0.1904
Energy Switching—Level 1 0.12 ± 0.05 0.17 ± 0.07 0.20 ± 0.08 0.0113 0.0039 0.4945 0.4388 0.0036 0.4499 0.0028
Match Board—Level 1 0.04 ± 0.03 0.11 ± 0.05 0.14 ± 0.05 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.1888 0.7673 <0.0001 0.6571 <0.0001
Match Board—Level 2 0.07 ± 0.04 0.15 ± 0.07 0.18 ± 0.07 0.0046 0.0002 0.2226 0.6424 <0.0001 0.5270 0.0011
Matchboard—Level 3 0.06 ± 0.04 0.12 ± 0.05 0.14 ± 0.07 0.0005 0.0003 0.4152 0.7567 <0.0001 0.6611 <0.0001
Needle Targeting 0.06 ± 0.04 0.12 ± 0.08 0.13 ± 0.09 0.0233 0.0061 0.6404 0.3254 0.0355 0.3044 0.0500
Peg Board—Level 1 0.04 ± 0.05 0.16 ± 0.10 0.18 ± 0.08 0.0020 0.0001 0.6706 0.3493 0.0501 0.3624 0.0415
Peg Board—Level 2 0.06 ± 0.03 0.19 ± 0.06 0.21 ± 0.07 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.4591 0.6932 <0.0001 0.6356 <0.0001
Pick and Place 0.04 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.02 0.3775 0.6933 0.4804 0.1181 0.6200 −0.0394 0.8692
Ring and Rail—Level 1 0.06 ± 0.03 0.13 ± 0.08 0.16 ± 0.12 0.0014 0.0019 0.5150 0.6409 <0.0001 0.4581 0.0018
Ring and Rail—Level 2 0.05 ± 0.03 0.11 ± 0.05 0.14 ± 0.08 0.0002 0.0002 0.3582 0.6256 <0.0001 0.5331 0.0002
Ring Walk—Level 1 0.14 ± 0.06 0.20 ± 0.08 0.20 ± 0.06 0.0155 0.0065 0.9668 0.6207 <0.0001 0.4959 0.0007
Ring Walk—Level 2 0.13 ± 0.05 0.19 ± 0.06 0.23 ± 0.06 0.0099 <0.0001 0.1230 0.7449 <0.0001 0.4580 0.0020
Ring Walk—Level 3 0.07 ± 0.04 0.15 ± 0.06 0.19 ± 0.08 0.0002 <0.0001 0.1769 0.7885 <0.0001 0.5099 0.0006
Scaling 0.10 ± 0.07 0.22 ± 0.08 0.24 ± 0.09 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.5702 0.1325 0.4028 −0.3042 0.0501
Suture Sponge—Level 1 0.01 ± 0.00 0.03 ± 0.04 0.03 ± 0.04 0.2101 0.1332 0.8011 0.4389 0.0362 0.3530 0.0985
Suture Sponge—Level 2 0.04 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.05 0.10 ± 0.07 0.0015 0.0015 0.4202 0.5657 0.0001 0.4509 0.0031
Suture Sponge—Level 3 0.03 ± 0.02 0.07 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.05 0.0009 0.0002 0.3024 0.4876 0.0011 0.5585 0.0001
Thread the Rings 0.05 ± 0.03 0.09 ± 0.06 0.11 ± 0.06 0.0114 0.0020 0.6108 0.4264 0.0049 0.4244 0.0051
Tubes 0.02 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.05 0.08 ± 0.07 0.0035 0.0018 0.3661 0.5165 0.0005 0.4828 0.0014

Significant comparisons (p < 0.05) are highlighted in bold