Table 3.
Information About Robotic Platform Credentialing and Training from Attending Physicians
| 2013 Survey n = 128 (%) |
2021 Survey n = 29 (%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| My institution has a formalized protocol for gaining credentials as a robotic surgeon | |||
| True | 87 (70) | 27 (93) | 0.03 |
| False | 10 (8) | 0 | |
| I don’t know | 28 (22) | 2 (7) | |
| Missing | 3 | 0 | |
| The total number of robotic cases I bedside assisted prior to EVER doing console work was | |||
| 0 cases | 65 (55) | 6 (21) | < 0.01 |
| 1 – 5 cases | 29 (25) | 6 (21) | |
| 6 – 10 cases | 9 (8) | 5 (17) | |
| 11 – 20 cases | 9 (8) | 3 (10) | |
| > 20 cases | 6 (5) | 9 (31) | |
| Missing | 10 | 0 | |
| Before completing cases independently, my institution requires proctoring in | |||
| 1 – 5 cases | 64 (52) | 10 (34) | < 0.01 |
| 6 – 9 cases | 9 (7) | 1 (3) | |
| 10 – 20 cases | 6 (5) | 3 (10) | |
| 21 – 50 cases | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| > 50 cases | 0 | 0 | |
| Does not require if documentation/experience provided | NA | 5 (17) | |
| My institution doesn’t require proctoring | 0 | 1 (3) | |
| I don’t know | 42 (34) | 9 (31) | |
| Missing | 6 | 0 | |
| I have to maintain certain amount of robotic cases per month/year to keep credentialed | |||
| True | 33 (27) | 19 (90) | < 0.01 |
| False | 24 (20) | 2 (10) | |
| I don’t know | 64 (53) | 8 (28) | |
| Missing | 7 | 0 | |
| What is the minimum number of cases that your institution requires yearly to maintain credentialed? | |||
| 1 – 5 cases | – | 1 (3) | |
| 6 – 9 cases | – | 3 (10) | |
| 10 – 20 cases | – | 13 (45) | |
| 21 – 50 cases | – | 0 | |
| > 50 cases | – | 0 | |
| My institution does not require a minimum number of cases | – | 0 | |
| Missing | – | 12 | |