Table 2.

Change in student comfort level for various basic surgical skills pre- and post-skills course. Comfort level for each skill was assessed on an entrance and exit survey using a 1–10 Likert scale, with 1 indicating no comfort and 10 indicating expert proficiency, (n = 103).

Skill	Survey	Comfort Level (mean)	SD	95% CI	p-value
Forceps handling	Entrance	3.0	1.9	−4.53 to −3.76	<0.0001
	Exit	7.1	1.4
Needle driver	Entrance	2.6	1.7	−4.94 to −4.21	<0.0001
	Exit	7.2	1.4
1-handed knot tying	Entrance	2.4	2.1	−5.68 to −4.79	<0.0001
	Exit	7.7	1.4
2-handed knot tying	Entrance	2.5	2.1	−5.48 to −4.54	<0.0001
	Exit	7.6	1.4
Instrument tying	Entrance	2.5	1.9	−5.96 to −5.09	<0.0001
	Exit	8.0	1.4
Suturing	Entrance	2.4	1.7	−5.15 to −4.40	<0.0001
	Exit	7.2	1.4