Article History
Received: 15 January 2019
Accepted: 21 February 2020
First Online: 4 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was undertaken by the British and Irish Association of Robotic Gynaecological Surgeons and approval was given by the executive committee. Ethical approval was not sought since the study was classified as professional development, and the participants were medical professionals, and not research as defined by the NHS Health Research Authority [CitationRef removed]. Participants received an invitation email contained a brief summary of the project, and contact details of the project lead in case of any questions and participation was voluntary. Written consent was not obtained but consent was implied by completion of the questionnaire.
: Not applicable.
: TI, NG and EM perform Da’Vinci robotic gynaecological surgery (Intuitive Surgical) and are members of the British and Irish Association of Robotic Surgeons (BIARGS), which is supported by Intuitive Surgical and other robotics/laparoscopic companies to hold education/training events. TI has done two days paid consultancy work for Medtronic. EM has been awarded a research grant from Intuitive Surgical. The authors declare no other potential conflict of interest.