Making surgical education intuitive: A surgical robotics primer for pre-clinical medical students

IF 2.7 3区医学 Q1 SURGERY

American journal of surgery Pub Date : 2024-11-02 DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.116057

Sarah E. Adkins , Dylan T. Vance , Katelyn Sanner Dixon , Jalee Birney , Joshua Lawton , Tyler Elmendorf , Benjamin Stone , German Berbel , Lyndsey J. Kilgore

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Abstract

Background

As robotic surgeries increase nationwide, residency programs are implementing commensurate curriculum. Medical student exposure and comfort with these surgeries, however, is lagging. This program sought to improve student interest and confidence through additional robotic exposure.

Methods

A two-part educational program was implemented at an academic institution. Part-one included a surgeon-led lecture and part-two a hands-on robotics primer where students were exposed to 3-D anatomy and instrumentation via robotic console. Data was collected via RedCap and analyzed for significance (p < 0.05).

Results

Thirty-two students participated in part one, ten of which were selected for part two. The majority (82 %) reported being interested or very interested in pursuing additional robotic experiences and 40 % reported improved confidence in actively assisting in a robotics case (p < 0.005).

Conclusion

Conducting robotic exposure events improves medical students' confidence and interest in seeking future robotic surgery experiences. As robotic surgery expands, medical students have shown to benefit from earlier exposure.

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让外科教育变得直观：为临床前医科学生编写的手术机器人入门指南。

背景：随着机器人手术在全国范围内的增加，住院医师培训项目也在实施相应的课程。然而，医学生对这些手术的接触和舒适度却相对滞后。该计划旨在通过增加机器人手术的接触机会，提高学生的兴趣和信心：方法：一家学术机构实施了一项由两部分组成的教育计划。第一部分包括由外科医生主讲的讲座，第二部分是机器人入门实践，让学生通过机器人控制台接触三维解剖和器械。数据通过 RedCap 收集，并进行显著性分析（P 结果：32 名学生参加了第一部分，其中 10 名被选中参加第二部分。大多数学生（82%）表示有兴趣或非常有兴趣获得更多的机器人体验，40%的学生表示对积极协助机器人病例的信心有所增强（P 结论：开展机器人体验活动能提高学生的医疗技术水平：开展机器人体验活动提高了医学生的信心和对未来机器人手术体验的兴趣。随着机器人手术的扩展，医科学生已从更早接触机器人手术中获益。

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来源期刊

American journal of surgery 医学-外科

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

6.70%

发文量

570

审稿时长

56 days

期刊介绍： The American Journal of Surgery® is a peer-reviewed journal designed for the general surgeon who performs abdominal, cancer, vascular, head and neck, breast, colorectal, and other forms of surgery. AJS is the official journal of 7 major surgical societies* and publishes their official papers as well as independently submitted clinical studies, editorials, reviews, brief reports, correspondence and book reviews.