How Surgical Robotics Transform the Development of Expertise in Modern Operating Rooms: An Ethnographic Study

Current models of the clinical surgical process, and as a result, surgical education, present robot-assisted surgery (RAS)1 as a simple sequential step in the evolution of surgical treatment from laparoscopy. In an ongoing research program on robot-assisted surgery this paper presents data from the...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2013-09, Vol.57 (1), p.693-697
Main Author: Balkin, E. Asher
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Current models of the clinical surgical process, and as a result, surgical education, present robot-assisted surgery (RAS)1 as a simple sequential step in the evolution of surgical treatment from laparoscopy. In an ongoing research program on robot-assisted surgery this paper presents data from the first, ethnographic, research phase demonstrating that the requisite skills for success in the robot-assisted environment are altered from those expected within the laparoscopic domain, and as a result, the training paths and novice-to-expert progression trajectories are noticeably dissimilar.
ISSN:1541-9312
1071-1813
2169-5067
DOI:10.1177/1541931213571150