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ArticleJournal of robotic surgery2025

A mixed-method survey study evaluating two robotic surgical training courses in Germany.

Sjaak Pouwels, Beniamino Pascotto, Rodolfo J Oviedo, Marco Raffaelli, Antonio Albuquerque, Adel Abou-Mrad, Juan Santi Azagra, Ricardo Zorron, Jordi Tarascó, Enrique F Elli and 2 more

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Sjaak PouwelsDepartment of Surgery, University of Bielefeld - Campus Detmold, Klinikum Lippe, Röntgenstraße 18, Detmold, NRW, Germany. sjaakpwls@gmail.com.
Beniamino PascottoDepartment of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, 1210, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Rodolfo J OviedoDepartment of Surgery, Nacogdoches Medical Center, Nacogdoches, TX, 75962, USA.
Marco RaffaelliDivision of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Antonio AlbuquerqueDepartment of Surgery, Centro de Responsabilidade Integrada de Tratamento Cirúrgico da Obesidade, Unidade Local de Saúde de São José, Lisbon, Portugal.
Adel Abou-MradDepartment of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Orléans, 45000, Orléans, France.
Juan Santi AzagraDepartment of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, 1210, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Ricardo ZorronCenter for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jordi TarascóDepartment of Surgery, Germans Trias I Pujol University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Enrique F ElliDepartment of Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Mario Rui GonçalvesFaculty of Health Sciences, Academic Clinical Center of Beiras, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
Miljana VladimirovDepartment of Surgery, University of Bielefeld - Campus Detmold, Klinikum Lippe, Röntgenstraße 18, Detmold, NRW, Germany.

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Abstract

backgroundDespite considerable efforts of several societies and robotic surgery working groups, there is still no standardized training for robotic surgery for residents. We recently organized two robotic surgical courses in Germany and the goal of this study is to evaluate both courses using a mix-method approach. MATERIALS AND

methodsAn anonymous survey, consisting of twenty-one questions of which seventeen were multiple choice and four were open end questions was filled out by the participants after both courses.

resultsA total of 34 participants were present at both courses. Most of the participants were male (29 of 34 (85.3%)), mean age was 46.4 ± 10.2 years, Among the participants, the most of them were consultant surgeons (88.2%) and worked in an Academic Hospital (58.8%). A total of 21 participants had a Robotic system in their hospital. In terms of ideal course format, 64.7% of the respondents preferred a combination of formal lectures with hands-on lab experience. For the hands-on experience 32.4% preferred either a wet lab with organic animal organ ex-plants or with human cadavers. Most important themes in the thematic analysis were duration, frequency, and costs of robotic surgical courses.

conclusionRobotic surgery is increasing worldwide and therefore adequate robotic surgical training courses are needed to train the future generations of surgeons.

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Robotic Surgical ProceduresAdultCurriculumFemaleGermanyHumansInternship and ResidencyMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesMinimally invasive surgeryRobotic surgerySimulation trainingSurgical educationSurvey

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