Human Factors in Surgery: Enhancing Safety and Flow in Patient Care

Description:

This book delivers a comprehensive review of human factors principles as they relate to surgical care inside and outside of the operating theatre. It provides multi-dimensional human-centered insights from the viewpoint of academic surgeons and experts in human factors engineering to improve workflow, treatment time, and outcomes. To guide the reader, the book begins broadly with Human Factors Principles for Surgery then narrows to a discussion of surgical specialties and scenarios. Each chapter follows the following structure: (1) An overview of the topic at hand to provide a reference for readers; (2) a case study or story to illustrate the topic; (3) a discussion of the topic including human factors insights; (4) lessons learned, or personal “pearls” related to improving the specific system described.  Written by experts in the field, Human Factors in Surgery: Enhancing Safety and Flow in Patient Care describes elements of the surgical system and highlights the lessons learned from systems engineering. It serves as a valuable resource for surgeons at any level in their training that wish to improve their practice.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Introduction

1. Introduction to Human Factors in Surgery

Part II. Human Factors

2. Human Factors Principles of Surgery

3. The Person: Individual- and Team-Level Factors Contributing to Safe and Successful Surgery

4. Safe and Effective Use of Tools and Technology in the Operating Room

5. Work System Tasks: Blending Art and Science

6. Surgical Performance and the Working Environment

7. Organizational Influences and Surgical System Safety

Part III. Broad Surgical Considerations

8. Human Factors in Perioperative Care

9. Counting Backwards: Tracing the Effect of Human Factors in Anesthesiology

10. Human Factors in Military Surgery

11. Enhancing Safety and Efficiency in Robotic Surgery

12. Surgical Coaching

Part IV. Specific Surgical Areas

13. Human Factors Considerations in Cardiac Surgery

14. Applying a Human Factors Approach to Improve Patient Care in Colorectal Surgery

15. Identifying Opportunities to Improve Processes in Emergency General Surgery

16. Human Factors in Surgical Oncology

17. Human Factors Research in Orthopaedic Surgery

18. Human Factors in Pediatric Surgery

19. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

20. Human Factors in Transplant Surgery

21. Exploring Human Factors in Trauma

22. Identifying Opportunities to Enhance Thoracic Surgery Using Human Factors

23. The Application of Human Factors Research to Improve Urological Care

24. Vascular Surgery: Acute Aortic Catastrophes

Part V. Conclusion

25. Final Thoughts

Back Matter