Tara N. Cohen
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Surgery (Assistant Professor)
Los Angeles, CA
USA

Eric J. Ley
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Surgery (Professor)
Los Angeles, CA
USA

Bruce L. Gewertz
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Surgery (H & S Nichols Distinguished Chair)
Los Angeles, CA
USA

Easy-to-read text developed for all surgeons who wish to improve their practice

Chapters discuss "personal pearls" or lessons learned from using human factors in each surgical phase/scenario

Written by experts in the field

Part 1 - Introduction.-Introduction to Human Factors in Surgery.- Part 2 - Human Factors.- Human Factors Principles for Surgery.- The Person: Individual and Team-Level Factors Contributing to Safe and Successful Surgery.- Safe and Effective use of Tools and Technology in the Operating Room.- Work System Tasks: Blending art and science.- Surgical Performance and the Working Environment.- Organizational Influences and Surgical System Safety.- Part 3 - Broad Surgical Considerations.- Human Factors in Perioperative Care.- Counting backwards: Tracing the effect of human factors in anesthesiology.- Human Factors in Military Surgery.- Addressing Work-System Challenges in Robotic or High-Technology Surgery.- Surgical Coaching: Improving team-based and system-level interventions.- Part 4 - Broad Surgical Considerations.- Human Factors Considerations in Cardiac Surgery.- Applying a human factors approach to improve patient care in colorectal surgery.- Identifying opportunities to improve processes in emergency general surgery.- Surgical Oncology and Human Factors.- Human Factors Research in Orthopedic Surgery.- Human Factors in Pediatric Surgery.- Plastics and Reconstruction: The Role of Human Factors.- Human Factors in Transplant Surgery.- Exploring human factors in Trauma.- Identifying opportunities to enhance thoracic surgery using human factors.- The Application of Human Factors Research to Improve Urological Care.- Vascular Surgery - Acute Aortic Catastrophes.- Part 5 - Conclusion.- Final Thoughts.