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Preliminary validity evidence for a platform-specific assessment tool for robotic setup and docking
Journal of Robotic Surgery
|July 20, 2026
Summary
A new checklist for da Vinci Xi robotic surgery setup and docking shows preliminary validity. This tool can help assess robotic surgical skills, though more research is needed for accreditation.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Surgical Technology
- Robotic Surgery Assessment
Background:
- No standardized tool exists for assessing robotic surgery setup and docking.
- A Delphi consensus-derived checklist for the da Vinci Xi platform was previously developed.
Purpose of the Study:
- To gather preliminary validity evidence for the da Vinci Xi checklist.
- To assess the checklist using Messick's unified framework and Kane's validation inferences.
Main Methods:
- Fifty-one novice participants underwent a 4-day robotic skills course.
- A 69-point checklist and Global Evaluative Assessment of Robotic Skills (GEARS) were used for assessment.
- Inter-rater reliability and correlation analyses were performed.
Main Results:
- High inter-rater reliability (ICC=0.91) was observed for the checklist.
- Significant improvement in docking scores (35% increase, p<0.001) was noted post-training.
- A weak positive correlation between checklist and GEARS scores was found (ρ=0.31, p=0.027).
Conclusions:
- Preliminary validity evidence supports the use of the Delphi-derived checklist for robotic setup and docking assessment.
- Further multi-center studies with more raters are needed for accreditation purposes.