General info
The world's first validated training curriculum in urological robotic surgery!
Develop your robotic surgical skills through a validated, proficiency-based training curriculum. Designed for robot-naïve urology fellows, residents and urologists, this programme combines preparatory e-learning with five days of intensive on-site training at Orsi Academy.
Jointly organised by Orsi Academy and KU Leuven as a microcredential, the programme helps you build basic and procedure-specific skills for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
What to expect
- Hands-on training in basic and procedural skills using tissue-based training models
- Interactive theoretical lectures and live surgery broadcasts
- Structured practice, expert feedback and assessment against predefined proficiency benchmarks
Preparation and study format
Before attending the on-site training, you must complete the preparatory e-learning and achieve the required benchmark. No additional assignments are required outside the e-learning and on-site programme.
Assessment and certification
You receive a Certificate of Attendance following attendance. Achieving the practical proficiency benchmark also earns you a PBP Certificate of Proficiency in the Lab.
If you have not reached proficiency by the end of day five, an additional remediation day will be arranged at no extra course fee. Travel and accommodation costs are excluded.
How to apply
Select ‘Apply for this course’ to submit your application. Our team will review it and email you the outcome. If accepted, you will receive a confirmation and payment request. Your place is secured once payment is completed.
Our Travel & Hospitality Officers will then contact you to assist with the practical arrangements.
Member benefits
- EAU members: 15% discount with EAUMEMBER2026. A valid EAU membership ID is required.
- SIU members: 10% discount with SIU10.
Questions?
Contact our training team at training@orsi.be.
What you will learn
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate fundamental robotic surgical skills, including suturing, knot tying, dissection and coagulation.
- Describe the key procedural steps of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
- Apply procedure-specific techniques for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy using laboratory training models.
- Explain the principles of nerve-sparing techniques in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
- Demonstrate basic and procedure-specific robotic skills against predefined proficiency benchmarks using the proficiency-based progression (PBP) methodology.
Prerequisites
Participants must:
- Be able to communicate in English.
- Have access to a surgical robotic system at their hospital.
- Complete the preparatory e-learning and achieve the required benchmark before attending the on-site training.
Faculty
Program
Welcome at Orsi Academy
Hands-on training at Orsi Skills Lab
- Basic device training on da Vinci platform
- Practical activity
- Docking and undocking/emergency docking
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-on training robotic basic surgical skills by PBP methodology
- Introduction to proficiency-based progression training
- Presentation of the chicken model
- Suturing and knot tying task, dissection & coagulation task
End of day 1 - transfer to hotel
Live surgery broadcast at Orsi Auditorium
- RARP cases from AZORG Hospital Aalst to Orsi Auditorium
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-on training robotic basic surgical skills by PBP methodology
- On chicken model
- Suturing and knot tying task, dissection & coagulation task
- Proficiency demonstration
End of day 2 - transfer to hotel
Theoretical lectures
- Session on porcine model and RARP metrics
- Possible remediation opportunity on the chicken model
Hands-on training RARP by PBP methodology
- Different procedural steps on anesthetized porcine model
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-on training RARP by PBP methodology
- Different procedural steps on anesthetized porcine model
Introduction of Histolog® scanner
- The 'Histolog® Scanner': Principles and clinical role
- How to acquire images (step-by-step workflow)
End of day 3 - transfer to hotel
Theoretical lectures
- Presentation on nerve sparing technique
Hands-on training RARP by PBP methodology
- Participants will be assigned an appropriate training model as part of the training program
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-on training RARP by PBP methodology
- Participants will be assigned an appropriate training model as part of the training program
End of day 4 - transfer to hotel
Social dinner for faculty & participants
Hands-on training RARP by PBP methodology
- On human cadaver model (1/individual) + PBP assessment
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-on training RARP by PBP methodology
- On human cadaver model (1/individual) + PBP assessment
Final evaluation & certification
In case of not reaching proficiency level, an extra remediation day a few weeks later, taking the availability of the participant into account, will be organised. No additional fee will be charged. Any travel & accommodation costs are at own expense.
Prices
Resources
Flyer - Robotic Urology - Prostate - From Basic to Procedural Skills
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