Design and Implementation of a Robotic Surgery Training Experience Logging System

Residents currently log robotic cases in the ACGME system as a “surgeon” if they performed any critical step of the procedure on the surgeon console. There is no standardization as to which steps or how much of the procedure should be performed by the resident. It was our objective to establish a tool for logging the true operative experience in robotic surgery to aid in assessing surgical competency as well as curriculum development.