Residency Training in Robotic General Surgery: A Survey of Program Directors

Table 2

Program director demographics.

Question	Response
Area of specialty interest or expertise within general surgery ()	Colorectal surgery (10.53%)
	General surgery (31.58%)
	Surgical oncology (15.79%)
	Trauma surgery (15.79%)
	Vascular surgery (15.79%)
	Other (10.53%, MIS/GI surgery/abdominal wall reconstruction, laparoscopic surgery)
	All (0%)
Number of years as a practicing surgery ()	0–4 years (0%)
	5–9 years (26.32%)
	10–14 years (15.79%)
	15–19 years (21.05%)
	20+ years (36.84%)
Use of robotic surgery in current practice ()	Yes (26.32%)
	No (73.68%)
If yes, amount of years using robotic surgery in practice ()	0–3 years (60%)
	4–6 years (40%)
	7–9 years (0%)
	10+ (0%)
If yes, number of cases performed each month ()	1 case
	2 cases
	1–3 cases
	6 cases
If no, any experience in robotic surgery in practice ()	Yes (14.29%)
	Never used robotic surgery (85.71%)

options included: Bariatric Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dermatologic Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Urology.