Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies assessing skills transfer in clinical settings

Study author, year	Skill transfer assessed	Specialty, country	Participants	Procedure(s)	Comparison group(s)
Ahlering et al. [14], 2003	Open → R	Urology, USA	1 Urological oncologist (open exp. only)	45 robot-assisted lap. radical prostatectomy	None
Eddib et al. [15], 2013	Lap.→ R	Gynaecology, USA	64 cases performed by advanced lap. surgeons (lap. hysterectomy exp.)	Robot-assisted lap. hysterectomy	72 cases performed by intermediate lap. surgeons (no lap. hysterectomy exp.)
Kilic et al. [16], 2012	Lap. → R	Gynaecology, USA	7 Gynaecology residents with ≥ 3 lap. experiences	Vaginal cuff closure with either:  robotic suturing with intracorporeal knot tying  Lap. suturing with extracorporeal knot tying	6 Gynaecology residents with ≤ 2 lap. experiences
IK. Kim et al. [17], 2014	Lap. → R	Colorectal surgery, South Korea	First 100 consecutive cases performed by 1 surgeon (exp. of > 300 lap. colorectal operations)	Robot-assisted low anterior resection for rectal cancer	First 100 consecutive cases performed by 1 surgeon (exp. of < 30 lap. colorectal operations)

exp. experience, lap. laparoscopic, R. robotic