Content and Construct Validation of a Robotic Surgery Curriculum Using an Electromagnetic Instrument Tracker

Abstract

Robotic surgery curricula can be validated by an off-the-shelf instrument tracking system. This platform allows surgical educators to objectively assess trainees and may provide credentialing offices with a means of objectively assessing any surgical staff member seeking robotic surgery privileges at an institution.

Comparison of Two Simulation Systems to Support Robotic-Assisted Surgical Training: A Pilot Study (Swine Model)

“…As the Accredited Council of Graduate Medical Education demands more objective performance metrics of our trainees, we are obligated to validate various technologies that may provide insight into a trainee's surgical skills. Furthermore, we chose these tracking technologies based on previous validation within other procedural arenas [13,14].…”

Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills: Differentiating Animate Surgical Skill Through the Wisdom of Crowds

“…These proficiency levels are based on published metric benchmarks for this particular task. 11,12 Crowd workers were asked to pick the video with the higher level of proficiency, prompting exclusion of those who answered incorrectly from the data analysis. Those excluded from the analysis were still remunerated.…”

Mass and Friction Optimization for Natural Motion in Hands-On Robotic Surgery

“…The control parameters of (20) were set to k p = 50, k d = 10, ω max = 10rad/s, and c was set to (15). The potential end effector velocities were generated with a magnitude of 5cm/s, taking the values given in [54] as a low estimate of the normal operating velocity. Though some studies have documented movement speeds of up to 20cm/s [55], no definitive value is given in the literature for the motions common in hands-on robotic surgery.…”