Table 1.

Statements achieving consensus in the ‘Experience and Exposure to Robotic Surgery’ theme (n = 7)

Item	Statement	Agree (%)	Disagree (%)	Achieved consensus	Round achieved
Experience and Exposure to Robotic Surgery
1	Robotic surgery can support an increase in delivery of minimally invasive surgery	95.5	4.5	Yes	1
2	Robotic surgery can enable microsurgical techniques in surgery	97.7	2.3	Yes	1
3	Robotic surgery can enable automated data collection on individual surgical performance	93.0	7.0	Yes	1
5	Robotic surgery will be relevant to your preferred speciality	95.3	4.7	Yes	1
6	You foresee robotic surgery as part of your future consultant practice	81.4	18.6	Yes	2
	Integration of robotic surgery training could have a negative impact on your overall surgical training due to
7.1	Consultants still on robotic learning curve resulting in less learning opportunities	86.0	14.0	Yes	2
7.5	Compete with more valuable learning opportunities in current training environment	18.6	81.4	Yes	1

Numbers in bold represent > 80% consensus