Fundamentals of robotic surgery: a course of basic robotic surgery skills based upon a 14-society consensus template of outcomes measures and curriculum development
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This project is a collaboration of leading robotic surgeons and educators. The following have all participated in, and contributed to, the creation of the materials reported here: A. Advincula; R. Aggarwal; A. Al Ansari; D. Albala; R. Angelo; M. Anvari; J. Armstrong; G. Ballantyne; M. Billia; J. Borin; D. Bouchier-Hayes; T. Brand; J. Cannon-Bowers; S. Chauhan; R. Coelho; S. Cuschieri; B. Dunkin; S. Dunlow; V. Ficarra; A. Gallagher; L. Glazerman; A. Goh; T. Grantcharov; D. Hananel; J. Hebert; R. Holloway; J. Hubert; W. Judd; P. Kenneth; K. Kim; M. Koch; T. Kowalewski; R. Kumar; K. Kunkler; G. Lee; T. Lendvay; R. Leveillee; J. Levy; G. Lewis; G. Maddern; S. Magnuson; P. Manuela; M. Marohn; D. Maron; M. Martino; P. Neary; E. Parra-Davila; V. Patel; C. Perrenot; S. Ramamoorthy; K. Rha; J. Riess; B. Rocco; R. Rush; R. Satava; B. Sayers; D. Scott; N. Seymour; N. Siddiqui; M. Sinanan; R. Smith; D. Stefanidis; C. Sundaram; R. Sweet; E. Verrier; G. Weinstein; V. Wilcox. This study was collaboratively supported by grants to the Minimally Invasive Robotics Association and to the Florida Hospital Nicholson Center, and partially sponsored by the US Department of the Army (Award No. W81XWH-11-2-0158) to the recipient Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Inc. (Florida Hospital Nicholson Center); the US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (820 Chandler Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014, USA) is the awarding and administering acquisition office. The content of the information does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the US Government, and no official endorsement should be inferred.
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BackgroundThere is a need for a standardized curriculum for training and assessment of robotic surgeons to proficiency, followed by high-stakes testing (HST) for certification. MethodsTo standardize the curriculum and certification of robotic surgeons, a series of consensus conferences attended by 14 leading international surgical societies have been used to compile the outcomes measures and curriculum that should form the basis for a Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS) programme. ResultsA set of 25 outcomes measures and a curriculum for teaching the skills needed to safely use current generation surgical robotic systems has been developed and accepted by a committee of experienced robotic surgeons across 14 specialties. ConclusionsA standardized process for certifying the skills of a robotic surgeon has begun to emerge. The work described here documents both the processes used for developing educational material and the educational content of a robotic curriculum. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.