Should Robotic Surgery Training Become a General Surgery Residency Requirement? A National Survey of Program Directors in Surgery

•Seventy-nine percent of program directors s agree exposure at the robotic console should be a residency requirement•Sixty-six percent indicate that robotic surgery negatively affects acquisition of other skills•Eighty-three percent agree robotic surgery training in residency provides net benefit•Academic programs program directors s had more support for robotic training than independent programs•Sixty-five percent suggest a minimum robotic surgery case requirement of at least 5