Workload assessment of surgeons: Correlation between NASA TLX and blinks

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2746-2750

  Zheng, Bin ^a   Jiang, Xianta ^b   Tien, Geoffrey ^b   Meneghetti, Adam ^c   Panton, O Neely M ^c   Atkins, M Stella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoscopy training; Eye tracking; Mental workloads; Patient safety; Simulation; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EYE TRACKING; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION TASK LOAD INDEX; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84871621438     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2268-6     Document Type: Article

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