Systems for quantifying clinical skill

Abstract

A system quantifying clinical skill of a user, comprising: collecting data relating to a surgical task done by a user using a surgical device; comparing the data for the surgical task to other data for another similar surgical task; quantifying the clinical skill of the user based on the comparing of the data for the surgical task to the other data for the other similar surgical task; outputting the clinical skill of the user.

1 . A system for quantifying clinical skill of at least one user, comprising:
 at least one application operable on at least one computer, the at least one application configured for:   collecting data relating to at least one surgical task done by at least one user using at least one surgical device;   comparing the data for the at least one surgical task to other data for at least one other similar surgical task;   quantifying the clinical skill of the at least one user based on the comparing of the data for the at least one surgical task to the other data for the at least one other similar surgical task;   outputting the clinical skill of the at least one user.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the surgical device is a surgical robot. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one application is further configured for:
 annotating the at least one surgical task as being at a novice level, and intermediate level, or an expert level.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , where any task where skill is developed under physical movement can be quantified. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the teaching further comprises:
 guiding at least one movement of the at least one novice user based on the at least one modeled movement of the at least one expert.