Transforming Surgical Education through a Resident Robotic Curriculum

Objective:. Here, we describe a systematic approach to design, implement, and assess a robotic surgery curriculum for surgical residents. By describing our process, including identifying and addressing institutional challenges, we illustrate successful development of a robust curriculum. Summary Bac...

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Main Authors: Courtney A. Green, MAEd, MD, Hueylan Chern, MD, FACS, Stanley J. Rogers, MD, FACS, Linda M. Reilly, MD, FACS, Patricia O’Sullivan, EdD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2021-09-01
Series:Annals of Surgery Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000076
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author Courtney A. Green, MAEd, MD
Hueylan Chern, MD, FACS
Stanley J. Rogers, MD, FACS
Linda M. Reilly, MD, FACS
Patricia O’Sullivan, EdD
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Hueylan Chern, MD, FACS
Stanley J. Rogers, MD, FACS
Linda M. Reilly, MD, FACS
Patricia O’Sullivan, EdD
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description Objective:. Here, we describe a systematic approach to design, implement, and assess a robotic surgery curriculum for surgical residents. By describing our process, including identifying and addressing institutional challenges, we illustrate successful development of a robust curriculum. Summary Background Data:. As robotic-assisted surgeries increase, educational challenges have emerged and illustrate an alarming impact on medical training. Robotic curricula are frequently grounded in the industry’s educational materials resulting in a variety of existing resident curricula that lack cognitive components and critical evaluation. As such, surgical educators struggle to identify the curricular restructuring needs that likely accompany emerging technologies. It is essential to develop a curricular framework for the surgical education community to approach the ongoing and inevitable integration of new technologies. Methods:. Our process parallels the widely accepted approach to curricular development in medical education described by Kern et al. Using this 6-step model, we describe derivation of a curriculum that was data driven, features multimodal educational strategies, and provides documentation methods that allow for continued evaluation and assessment at the individual and departmental level. Results:. This study highlights the systematic process of design, implementation and assessment of a robotic surgery curriculum for surgical residents. Built on a robust national and local needs assessment, and further strengthened by preemptive identification of institutional challenges, this curricular model includes a structured documentation system that allows for ongoing evaluation, assessment, and monitoring of curricular progress. Conclusions:. We illustrate a robustly built curricular structure that can be adopted, adapted, and successfully implemented at other training institutions around the world.
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spelling doaj.art-af5dd9c6917f460c9debd67f0334b4fc2023-08-30T06:08:53ZengWolters Kluwer HealthAnnals of Surgery Open2691-35932021-09-0123e07610.1097/AS9.0000000000000076202109000-00006Transforming Surgical Education through a Resident Robotic CurriculumCourtney A. Green, MAEd, MD0Hueylan Chern, MD, FACS1Stanley J. Rogers, MD, FACS2Linda M. Reilly, MD, FACS3Patricia O’Sullivan, EdD4From the * Division of Trauma, Critical Care and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery, Rochester, MN† Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA† Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA† Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA† Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CAObjective:. Here, we describe a systematic approach to design, implement, and assess a robotic surgery curriculum for surgical residents. By describing our process, including identifying and addressing institutional challenges, we illustrate successful development of a robust curriculum. Summary Background Data:. As robotic-assisted surgeries increase, educational challenges have emerged and illustrate an alarming impact on medical training. Robotic curricula are frequently grounded in the industry’s educational materials resulting in a variety of existing resident curricula that lack cognitive components and critical evaluation. As such, surgical educators struggle to identify the curricular restructuring needs that likely accompany emerging technologies. It is essential to develop a curricular framework for the surgical education community to approach the ongoing and inevitable integration of new technologies. Methods:. Our process parallels the widely accepted approach to curricular development in medical education described by Kern et al. Using this 6-step model, we describe derivation of a curriculum that was data driven, features multimodal educational strategies, and provides documentation methods that allow for continued evaluation and assessment at the individual and departmental level. Results:. This study highlights the systematic process of design, implementation and assessment of a robotic surgery curriculum for surgical residents. Built on a robust national and local needs assessment, and further strengthened by preemptive identification of institutional challenges, this curricular model includes a structured documentation system that allows for ongoing evaluation, assessment, and monitoring of curricular progress. Conclusions:. We illustrate a robustly built curricular structure that can be adopted, adapted, and successfully implemented at other training institutions around the world.http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000076
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Transforming Surgical Education through a Resident Robotic Curriculum
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