Development of a standardised training curriculum for robotic surgery: a consensus statement from an international multidisciplinary group of experts.

Journal: BJU international
Published Date:

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To explore the views of experts about the development and validation of a robotic surgery training curriculum, and how this should be implemented.

Authors

  • Kamran Ahmed
    Department of Urology, Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
  • Reenam Khan
    Department of Urology, Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
  • Alexandre Mottrie
    ORSI Academy Melle Belgium.
  • Catherine Lovegrove
    Department of Urology, Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
  • Ronny Abaza
    Department of Urology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G James Cancer Hospital & Richard J Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA.
  • Rajesh Ahlawat
  • Thomas Ahlering
    Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
  • Goran Ahlgren
    Department of Urology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
  • Walter Artibani
    Urology Clinic, A.O.U.I. Verona, Verona, Italy.
  • Eric Barret
    Department of Urology, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.
  • Xavier Cathelineau
    Department of Urology, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.
  • Ben Challacombe
  • Patrick Coloby
    Service d'Urologie, Centre Hospitalier René-Dubos, Cergy-Pontoise, France.
  • Muhammad S Khan
    Department of Urology, Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
  • Jacques Hubert
    Service d'Urologie, CHRU Nancy, Vandoeeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
  • Maurice Stephan Michel
    University Hospital, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Francesco Montorsi
    Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Gianfranco Soldera Prostate Cancer Lab, URI, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy.
  • Declan Murphy
    Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Melbourne, 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Joan Palou
    Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Vipul Patel
    Global Robotics Institute, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, FL, USA.
  • Pierre-Thierry Piechaud
    Clinique Saint-Augustin, Bordeaux, France.
  • Hendrik Van Poppel
    Department of Urology, University Hospital, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Pascal Rischmann
    Service de Chirurgie Urologique, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France.
  • Rafael Sanchez-Salas
    Department of Urology, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.
  • Stefan Siemer
    Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
  • Michael Stoeckle
    Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
  • Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Jean-Etienne Terrier
    Department of Urology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
  • Joachim W Thüroff
    Department of Urology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
  • Christophe Vaessen
    Department of Urology, La Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France.
  • Henk G Van Der Poel
    Department Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Ben Van Cleynenbreugel
  • Alessandro Volpe
    Department of Urology, OLV Vattikuti Robotic Surgery Institute, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
  • Christian Wagner
    St. Antonius-Hospital Gronau, Gronau, Germany.
  • Peter Wiklund
    Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Timothy Wilson
    Division of Urology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
  • Manfred Wirth
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
  • Jörn Witt
    Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Prokar Dasgupta