title: [Interest of robot-assisted laparoscopy in the initial surgical training: Resident survey].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This survey evaluated if residents felt a benefit to their participation in robot-assisted procedures and highlights the interest of robot in the initial surgical training.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was submitted to 33 residents participating as assistants in robot-assisted surgical procedures in our department and to seven residents of the Chapel Hill hospital, North Carolina, USA. Items rated their experience with the robot, their feeling during the surgical procedures and whether they thought they improved their technical skills.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of French residents felt passive during the procedures (97%) or bored (75%); most of them found an immediate interest to learn anatomy (72.7%) and surgical procedures (66.7%). Then, a minority of them reported an improvement of their knowledge in anatomy (39.4%), in surgical procedures (24.2%), and conventional laparoscopy (9.1%). Most of French residents are not willing to repeat the experience as an assistant (81.8%), whereas they showed great interest in practicing robot-assisted surgery later. The oldest residents benefited more than younger in learning anatomy and surgical procedures. US resident' ratings concerning the contribution of the robot in their training were generally more positive. They were all convinced they made progress in anatomy, as in surgical techniques and they all wanted to repeat such procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This work demonstrates the pedagogical value of using the robot for teaching surgical procedures and anatomy. It also suggests the establishment of training programs dedicated to the learning of robot-assisted surgery in gynaecology, in parallel with training in conventional laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Département de chirurgie générale et oncologique de l'institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232, boulevard Sainte-Marguerite, BP 156, 13273 Marseille cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: N-E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Menager
authors.forename: M-A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Coulomb
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lambaudie
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mouremble
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tourette
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Houvenaeghel
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013513:Obstetric Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D012371:Robotics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States