Does the Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS) Skills Curriculum improve performance on a transfer test in surgeons or surgical trainees?
The FRS curriculum improves robotic surgery skills on a transfer test, supporting its implementation in training programs.
We provide evidence of effectiveness for the FRS curriculum by demonstrating better performance of those trained following FRS compared with controls on a transfer test. We therefore argue for its implementation across training programs before surgeons apply these skills clinically.
Satava et al. (Fri,) studied this question.