Addressing ergonomic, skill acquisition and mentoring constraints that may be contributory to gender disparity in surgery: a ‘value add’ for robotics?
Carrie Fei MBBS
Medical undergraduate, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorAlex Karatassas FRACS Ms
University of Adelaide, Masters of minimally invasive surgery course, Department of Surgery Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Supervision
Search for more papers by this authorSheryn Cheah FRACS
Surgeon Department, Surgeon, Box Hill Hospital & LapSurgery Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorChrys Hensman FRACS Ms
Department of Surgery Monash, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department of Robotics, Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department of Surgery, Masters of Minimally Invasive Surgery Course University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorCarrie Fei MBBS
Medical undergraduate, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorAlex Karatassas FRACS Ms
University of Adelaide, Masters of minimally invasive surgery course, Department of Surgery Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Supervision
Search for more papers by this authorSheryn Cheah FRACS
Surgeon Department, Surgeon, Box Hill Hospital & LapSurgery Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorChrys Hensman FRACS Ms
Department of Surgery Monash, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department of Robotics, Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department of Surgery, Masters of Minimally Invasive Surgery Course University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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