title: Surgical Residents are Excluded From Robot-assisted Surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Implementation of a robotic system may influence surgical training. The aim was to report the charge of the operating surgeon and the bedside assistant at robot-assisted procedures in urology, gynecology, and colorectal surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of hospital charts from surgical procedures during a 1-year period from October 2013 to October 2014. All robot-assisted urologic, gynecologic, and colorectal procedures were identified. Charge of both operating surgeon in the console and bedside assistant were registered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 774 robot-assisted procedures were performed. In 10 (1.3%) of these procedures, a resident attended as bedside assistant and never as operating surgeon in the console.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results demonstrate a severe problem with surgical education. Robot-assisted surgery is increasingly used; however, robotic surgical training during residency is almost nonexisting.
authors.affiliation: Center for Perioperative Optimization, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Malene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Broholm
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012371:Robotics / Q000193:education*