Residents’ Views on the Impact of Robotic Surgery on General Surgery Education

• Published in: Journal of surgical education Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 1007 - 1012
• Main Authors: Khalafallah, Youssef M., Bernaiche, Tyler, Ranson, Stacy, Liu, Chang, Collins, Devon T., Dort, Jonathan, Hafner, Gordon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2021
• Subjects: da Vinci robot; general surgery residency; robot-assisted surgery; robotic education; robotic surgery impact; surgical training; robotic surgery impact; robot-assisted surgery; surgical training; general surgery residency; Systems-Based Practice; da Vinci robot; Practice-Based Learning and Improvement; robotic education

The use of the da Vinci Robot has been fast growing in general surgery in the United States over the past decade. While the financial cost of robot-assisted procedures has been studied, there has been limited research on the educational cost of the robotic approach on general surgery trainees, and t...