Purpose: There has been a rising trend in the use of robotic surgery in the past several years. Many authors have published robotic surgery curricula to educate surgical trainees and practicing surgeons. The quality of existing curricula varies. The aim of this study was to create a rating scale, based on Kern’s six-step approach to curriculum development, to assess the comprehensiveness of robotic surgery curricula.Methods: Scoring rubrics were created for each step of Kern’s model. This rating scale was developed to quantify the degree to which each step was included and reported in the previous studies. The scoring system included: 0 = no discussion or data presented; 1 = data that was weakly supported; 2 = some data presented (intermediate level), but with gaps; and 3 = multiple sets of data that strongly and completely supported the step. Step 5 was only step that was scored from 0 to 2, because there were only three possible options, including: 0 = no discussion; 1 = pilot; and 2 = full implementation. A consensus meeting was held between five reviewers and a medical education expert to discuss each step. Then, an independent reviewer examined all the articles objectively. An interrater reliability was calculated between the ratings of the five reviewers and the independent reviewer for each step, and the total scores were calculated and weighted using k coefficients.Results: Our systematic review yielded 71 articles including 39 curricula in 9 different settings. Using our rating scale based on Kern’s framework, we demonstrated that the majority of robotic surgery curricula contained all of the elements of Kern’s curricular design. Although, there were significant deficiencies in important aspects of these curricula, including implementation, use of assessment tools for measurement of performance, and evaluation of the educational value of these interventions. The interrater reliability was excellent (near-perfect agreement, p < 0.001).Conclusion: In this study, we reported the results of using a novel 17-point rating scale to examine the comprehensiveness of robotic surgery curriculum (RSC) and the incorporation of the principles of curricular design. This scale can be utilized to guide the development of evidence-based curriculum for robotic surgery training.