Background. The growth of the use of robotic assistance in minimally invasive surgery has
created a need for standardized curriculum for training and certifying surgeons in the …

Background There is a need for a standardized curriculum for training and assessment of
robotic surgeons to proficiency, followed by high‐stakes testing (HST) for certification …

Context Robotic surgery has been used with rapidly increasing frequency within urology and
across many other surgical specialties. A standardized curriculum for the training and …

Robotic surgery has emerged as innovative technique with specific difficulties, completely
different from open and laparoscopic surgery. In order to introduce robotic surgery safely …

The robotic surgical technology introduced over the last decade and a half has
revolutionized many aspects of performing complex procedures. It combines technological …

INTRODUCTION: Robotically assisted surgery has become very popular for numerous
surgical disciplines, yet training practices remain variable with little to no validation. The …

In general surgery, the use of robotic and laparoscopic methods has increased. Robotic
surgery that requires the least incision has advanced over the years in a short period of time …

Robotic surgery is used throughout various surgical fields such as urology, gynecology, and
bariatric surgery. The introduction of surgical robots in some ways follows that of …

Methods: Best practices for an academic university medical center were created and
instituted in 2009 and continue to the present. These practices have led to programmatic …

Robotic surgical devices have developed beyond the investigational stage and currently are
routinely used in minimally invasive general surgery, pediatric surgery, gynecology, urology …