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Bedside Assistant
Learners should act as a bedside assistant for ten cases. They should be evaluated by the attending surgeon who was on the console for these cases. Learners must pass all of the bedside assisting checklist items before it can be considered that they have completed this aspect of the curriculum.
Bedside Assisting Checklist
(Adopted from Brian et al. PMID 39227438)
| Category | Task | Pass (Yes or No) |
|---|---|---|
| Set up robot for the console surgeon | Drive robot to patient and dock robotic arms to each trocar | ☐ |
| Optimize clearance of arms and joints | ☐ | |
| Manipulate robotic arms using the port and instrument clutches | ☐ | |
| Load and insert robotic instruments and sponge rolls | ☐ | |
| Assist during case, using robotic arm | Burp, pull out, or push in trocar to facilitate ease of operation | ☐ |
| Exchange robotic instruments and camera safely | ☐ | |
| Insert new, or upsize trocar | ☐ | |
| Assist during case, using non robotic instruments | Suction in the surgical field without causing injury, or causing the lung to reinflate | ☐ |
| Provide effective retraction | ☐ | |
| Remove specimens with a grasper (lymph nodes) and bag (lung) | ☐ |