Protocolized Training of Advanced Practice Providers for Robotic Surgery Improves the Quality of Intraoperative Assistance.

In comparison to using a second surgeon in the OR, there is now an increasing trend of utilizing APPs in the OR. 6 The perceived benefits include an economic benefit by freeing up a second surgeon from serving as first assistant, reproducible quality from a consistent APP first assistant, and the potential educational role for APPs to training residents as bedside assists. 1 One author described a clinical pathway for training bedside assists accomplished in three phases.

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