Surgical expertise is often attributed to the unique dexterity of the surgeon. However, dexterity is estimated to represent only 25% of the required skills to perform surgery. The remaining 75% encompasses a range of technical and non-technical skills, including stress management, leadership, and teamwork. Furthermore, while the surgeon leads the operating room, the success of a surgical procedure also heavily relies on the contributions of the entire surgical team.

In this presentation, I will highlight several studies conducted by our team to evaluate surgical skills, focusing on both technical and non-technical skills in surgeons and other members of the surgical team. Several studied will be presented, such as the identification of surgical tool motion specific to the level of surgical expertise according to different surgical phases during robotic-assisted hysterectomy; the automatic evaluation of non-technical skills based on ECG features during arthroscopic training; and the assessment of stress and anxiety in nurses before their first visit to the operating room using an immersive virtual reality simulator.

This presentation will provide a synthesized view of the latest research on surgical team skills, offering practical insights for improving surgical team performance through comprehensive skill development programs.

Biography：

Arnaud Huaulmé is a Research Engineer at the MediCIS research group of UMR 1099 LTSI, INSERM research institute, and the University of Rennes (France). His research topics include surgical data science and artificial intelligence in surgery, encompassing surgical robotics, augmented and virtual reality, modeling of surgical procedures and processes, sensor-based surgical expertise and skills assessment, surgical workflow recognition, surgical training, and validation methodologies in medical image processing. He was the lead organizer of two MICCAI challenges, as part of EndoVis, focused on automatic workflow recognition in robotic simulated environments (MISAW, 2020, and PETRAW, 2021). He co-organized a workshop at the Hamlyn Symposium 2024 on the application of surgical data science in robotic-assisted surgery and a workshop at MICCAI 2025 on the application of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Interventions Challenges in Women’s Health. He was involved in the IPCAI organization from 2023 to 2026 as an Area Chair.