Improving Teamwork: Evaluating Workload of Surgical Team During Robot-assisted Surgery

Objective To investigate the cognitive and physical workload experienced by each operating room team member for different types of urologic procedures. Methods Surgeons, anesthesiologists, surgical fellows, bedside assistants, circulating nurses, and scrub nurses completed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index questionnaire for various urologic robot-assisted surgery procedures. A total of 338 questionnaires from 55...