UCSF is the first university in the U.S. to train medical students as robotic surgery bedside assistants.Robotic surgery is booming, with more than 2 million procedures each year, but students have long been crowded out by towering machines and specialized teams.To bridge the gap, UCSF faculty and students co-developed a first-of-its-kind program certifying final-year medical students to position robots and swap instruments. The result: unparalleled exposure to the technology shaping the future