Cardiac surgery skill training is either low or nonexistent in residency curriculum, in contrast to other surgical residency training programs, such as thoracic surgery. A review of resources like PubMed, MEDLINE, and Google was done to determine how much training in robotic heart surgery residents had received. Scholar. The training courses for robotic cardiac surgery offered by cardiothoracic surgical societies and published papers were reviewed. There is hardly any training available for residents in robotic heart surgery. Implementing simulation training, enforcing hour requirements, and constructing wet/dry lab model training in a graduated manner are strategies to establish proper robotic heart surgery training for residents. It will be crucial to give residents specialized training and opportunity to hone their robotic heart surgery skills as the practice of robot-assisted cardiac surgery spreads.
