Proficiency Levels and Validity Evidence for Scoring Metrics for a Virtual Reality and Inanimate Robotic Surgery Simulation Curriculum

•A standardized and validated robotic surgery curriculum is needed.•There is limited validity data to support Intuitive's latest VR simulator, SimNow.•This analysis generated validity evidence for 15 SimNow tasks and 3 inanimate tasks.•Appropriate curriculum content and scoring metrics may improve learning efficiency.