Table 3.
Comparison of current robotic surgery training to program director beliefs.
| Question | Current practice | PG opinion |
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| Is there/should there be a formal clinical curriculum for robotic surgery training of general surgery residents at your institution? (N = 19) | Yes (73.68%) No (26.32%) |
Yes (63.16%) No (36.84%) |
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| At which postgraduate year (PGY) level, do/should your residents first have exposure to robotic surgery? (N = 19, 20, resp.) | PGY1 (42.11%) PGY2 (10.53%) PGY3 (31.58%) PGY4 (10.53%) PGY5 (5.26%) |
PGY1 (55%) PGY2 (15%) PGY3 (30%) PGY4 (0%) PGY5 (0%) |
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| What is your program's current/the best method to deliver robotic surgery training during residency? (N = 19, 20, resp.) | Conference/didactic session (0%) Teaching labs/simulation (10.53%) Operating room experience (5.26%) Combination of the above (84.21%) |
Conference/didactic session (0%) Teaching labs/simulation (30%) Operating room experience (0%) Combination of the above (70%)∗ |
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| Does/should your program collaborate with industry to provide robotic surgery training to residents? (N = 20, 19, resp.) | Yes (80%) No (20%) |
Yes (63.16%) No (36.84%) |
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| Do/should all graduating chief residents in your program achieve competency in this operation prior to graduation? (N = 20) | Yes (30%) No (70%) |
Yes (35%) No (65%) |
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| If not currently a competency, is resident achievement of competency based on resident's interest in robotic surgery? (N = 14) | Yes (78.57%) No (21.43%) |
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∗By selecting “combination of the above,” respondents were requested to further elaborate. The responses included (N = 12) all 3 listed above (75%), computer based training, followed by simulation, followed by beside assist, finally console (8.33%), and simulation modulates then OR (16.67%).