Saccadic eye movement metrics reflect surgical residents′ fatigue

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 824-829

  Di Stasi, Leandro L ^a,b   McCamy, Michael B ^a   Macknik, Stephen L ^a   Mankin, James A ^c   Hooft, Nicole ^c   Catena, Andrés ^b   Martinez Conde, Susana ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyemetrics; fatigue assessment; neuroergonomics; patient safety; saccades; shift work; surgical skills assessment; time on task

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EYE MOVEMENT; FATIGUE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OCULOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; ARIZONA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84895927392     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000260     Document Type: Article

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