Journal article
Robotic surgery training during general surgery residency: a survey comparing attitudes towards a robotic training curriculum within general surgery, urology, and OBGYN residents and attendings
Journal of robotic surgery, Vol.16(5), pp.1105-1110
2022
DOI: 10.1007/s11701-021-01346-w
PMID: 34853953
Abstract
General surgery residents are increasingly exposed to robotic surgery during their training. However, there is no standardized robotic educational curriculum across United States residency programs. Prior to implementing a robotic surgery curriculum, we surveyed our residents and attendings to ascertain their attitude towards robotic surgery training in residency. An anonymous survey was distributed to all general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN), and urology residents, and their respective attending staff at our institution. Responses were compared between residents, attendings, and specialty. Twenty-six (72% response rate) general surgery residents and 18 (47%) subspecialty residents (OBGYN and urology) responded to the survey. Among attendings, 21 general surgery (32%) and 18 subspecialty staff (27%) responded. The majority of general surgery residents and attendings agreed that a robotic surgery curriculum should be implemented in the general surgery residency program (100 vs 86%,
p
= 0.04). Subspecialty residents also believed a formal curriculum should be implemented within their respective programs (100%). There was no statistically significant difference between general surgery and subspecialty resident responses. The majority of general surgery and subspecialty attendings responded that they would want a robotic surgery curriculum if they were currently residents (76 vs 94%,
p
= 0.12). The majority of general surgery residents and attendings at our institution believe a robotic surgery curriculum should be offered during residency. This attitude is similar to those of the subspecialty residents and attendings. A surgical education initiative should be developed to create a standardized training program to assure teaching of basic technical skills in robotic surgery before trainees enter clinical practice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Robotic surgery training during general surgery residency: a survey comparing attitudes towards a robotic training curriculum within general surgery, urology, and OBGYN residents and attendings
- Creators
- Rory Carroll - University of IowaPaolo Goffredo - University of IowaGarett Steers - University of IowaIbrahim Cetindag - University of IowaRyan Lehmann - University of IowaJennifer Hrabe - University of IowaImran Hassan - University of IowaJulia Shelton - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of robotic surgery, Vol.16(5), pp.1105-1110
- Publisher
- Springer London
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11701-021-01346-w
- PMID
- 34853953
- ISSN
- 1863-2483
- eISSN
- 1863-2491
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2022
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984322822102771
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