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Table 3 Overall MScores based on experience level

From: Virtual reality suturing task as an objective test for robotic experience assessment

Overall MScore

   

Median/Mean overall Mscore (SD)

Experience level

N

Number of robotic cases

1st attempt

P value*

2nd attempt

P value*

Mean difference (SD)

P value*

Resident

9

0

42/45.22 (21.94)

0.039

61/62.56 (13.70)

0.97

17.33 (14.99)

0.023

Novice

7

0

34/39.57 (7.48)

0.039

61/59.29 (11.86)

0.97

19.71 12.75)

0.023

Intermediate

9

1-49

57/60.67 (21.42)

0.28

74/61.56 (32.35)

0.97

0.89 (29.32)

0.555

Experienced

7

50 - 200

42/49.86 (22.12)

0.149

55/60.71 (23.23)

0.97

10.86 (16.50)

0.305

Expert

6

>200

80/77.33 (16.52)

-

72/70.17 (17.28)

-

-7.17 (11.43)

-

    

P Value**

 

P Value**

 

P Value**

Novice

20

≤10

42.5/44.65 (16.91)

0.006

60/56.00 (19.83)

0.037

11.4 (23.2)

0.429

Experienced

18

>10

68/63.89 (23.21)

72.5/69.8 (19.70)

5.9 (17.3)

  1. *Compared to Expert (Wilcoxin Rank with Benjamini and Hochberg adjustment)
  2. **Student t test