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

Table 2.

Mean comparisons and correlation coefficients for camera movement duration (CDur) 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 2.40 ± 1.09 1.89 ± 0.75 2.09 ± 0.84 0.1601 0.4062 0.5212 −0.2594 0.0931 −0.1886 0.2258
Camera Targeting—Level 2 1.91 ± 0.65 1.40 ± 0.30 1.30 ± 0.26 0.0143 0.0035 0.3699 −0.5880 <0.0001 −0.5925 <0.0001
Dots and Needles—Level 1 1.27 ± 0.58 1.05 ± 0.34 0.78 ± 0.23 0.2607 0.0132 0.0324 −0.5928 0.0001 −0.3638 0.0292
Dots and Needles—Level 2 1.94 ± 1.81 0.94 ± 0.41 0.68 ± 0.21 0.0676 0.0327 0.0633 −0.3425 0.0593 −0.1825 0.3259
Energy Dissection—Level 1 1.24 ± 0.39 0.87 ± 0.25 0.71 ± 0.18 0.0067 0.0002 0.0789 −0.4239 0.0057 −0.2254 0.1566
Energy Dissection—Level 2 1.12 ± 0.33 0.92 ± 0.27 0.75 ± 0.22 0.0882 0.0024 0.0929 −0.5038 0.0009 −0.4861 0.0015
Energy Switching—Level 1 1.17 ± 0.27 0.97 ± 0.25 0.89 ± 0.22 0.0490 0.0062 0.3880 −0.5365 0.0003 −0.4628 0.0023
Match Board—Level 1 1.42 ± 0.46 0.91 ± 0.30 0.80 ± 0.23 0.0035 0.0003 0.3118 −0.6846 <0.0001 −0.5432 0.0004
Match Board—Level 2 1.54 ± 0.67 1.00 ± 0.21 0.91 ± 0.18 0.0175 0.0044 0.2910 −0.5752 0.0003 −0.4859 0.0031
Matchboard—Level 3 2.00 ± 0.94 1.08 ± 0.32 0.90 ± 0.21 0.0032 0.0003 0.1026 −0.5209 0.0004 −0.3815 0.0127
Needle Targeting 1.45 ± 0.58 0.98 ± 0.28 0.82 ± 0.21 0.0112 0.0012 0.1234 −0.6561 <0.0001 −0.5669 <0.0001
Peg Board—Level 1 1.84 ± 1.73 0.94 ± 0.32 0.81 ± 0.20 0.1042 0.0779 0.2971 −0.4919 0.0042 −0.4002 0.0232
Peg Board—Level 2 2.05 ± 0.99 1.05 ± 0.21 1.00 ± 0.21 0.0020 0.0008 0.5314 −0.6704 <0.0001 −0.7447 <0.0001
Pick and Place 0.49 ± 0.45 0.87 ± 0.23 0.93 ± 0.44 0.0871 0.0882 0.7885 0.1381 0.5615 0.1513 0.5243
Ring and Rail—Level 1 2.29 ± 1.33 1.03 ± 0.40 0.86 ± 0.24 0.0027 0.0006 0.1745 −0.5503 0.0001 −0.3942 0.0081
Ring and Rail—Level 2 1.70 ± 0.67 0.94 ± 0.31 0.77 ± 0.20 0.0008 <0.0001 0.0964 −0.6639 <0.0001 −0.5869 <0.0001
Ring Walk—Level 1 2.35 ± 0.74 1.66 ± 0.48 1.68 ± 0.42 0.0076 0.0079 0.9028 −0.4826 0.0010 −0.4300 0.0040
Ring Walk—Level 2 2.20 ± 0.86 1.62 ± 0.38 1.40 ± 0.28 0.0339 0.0047 0.1102 −0.5457 0.0002 −0.2502 0.1100
Ring Walk—Level 3 1.77 ± 0.74 1.09 ± 0.32 0.86 ± 0.21 0.0049 0.0002 0.0449 −0.6292 <0.0001 −0.4202 0.0062
Scaling 1.29 ± 0.51 0.99 ± 0.25 0.95 ± 0.22 0.0652 0.0416 0.6669 −0.1298 0.4127 0.1129 0.4766
Suture Sponge—Level 1 1.31 ± 0.66 0.77 ± 0.25 0.72 ± 0.36 0.0508 0.0421 0.7679 −0.5922 0.0029 −0.3949 0.0622
Suture Sponge—Level 2 1.36 ± 0.62 1.05 ± 0.42 0.73 ± 0.15 0.1355 0.0019 0.0187 −0.5779 <0.0001 −0.4376 0.0042
Suture Sponge—Level 3 1.36 ± 0.53 0.91 ± 0.28 0.71 ± 0.18 0.0094 0.0004 0.0512 −0.6565 <0.0001 −0.6601 <0.0001
Thread the Rings 1.36 ± 0.38 0.92 ± 0.25 0.76 ± 0.22 0.0014 <0.0001 0.1067 −0.6612 <0.0001 −0.5324 0.0003
Tubes 1.30 ± 0.56 0.96 ± 0.31 0.72 ± 0.17 0.0620 0.0022 0.0321 −0.5437 0.0002 −0.3995 0.0097

Significant comparisons (p < 0.05) are highlighted in bold