Med Students Are Getting Terrible Training in Robotic Surgery
Med Students Are Getting Terrible Training in Robotic Surgery
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
March 22, 20187m 2s
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Show Notes
If you think your on-the-job training was tough, imagine what life is like for newbie surgeons. Under the supervision of a veteran doctor, known as an attending, trainees help operate on a real live human, who might have a spouse and kids—and, if something goes awry, a very angry lawyer. Now add to the mix the da Vinci robotic surgery system, which operators control from across the room, precisely guiding instruments from a specially-designed console.
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