Effects of Experience and Workplace Culture in Human-Robot Team Interaction in Robotic Surgery: A Case Study

Identifying barriers in telesurgery by studying current team practices in robot-assisted surgery

“…It was found that that the less experienced team needed more time to prepare and had more verbal exchanges. Although it remains unclear to which degree this can be explained by cultural differences [21], similar evidence was found by Nyssen and Blavier [12]. Their work suggested that more communication is needed in robot-assisted surgery compared to minimal invasive surgery and was likely to be a sign of adaptation.…”

“…However, together with the process of adaptation, more communication is needed, and adapting might result in a longer operation time. Indeed, both [12] and [21] found evidence that suggests more communication is needed.…”

“…In the study by [21], two surgical teams (French and American) conducting robot-assisted surgery were compared. It was found that that the less experienced team needed more time to prepare and had more verbal exchanges.…”

Identifying barriers in telesurgery by studying current team practices in robot-assisted surgery

“…However, in this paper, we focused on the social and communicational aspects of robot-assisted surgery, a topic that has gone largely unnoticed until recently (e.g. by [21]). Studying these aspects is important since communication errors may contribute to medical accidents [12].…”

Envisioning robotic surgery: Surgeons' needs and views on interacting with future technologies and interfaces

“…Studying human–robot team interaction, Cunningham et al . found differences in workflow, timeline, roles and communication patterns as a function of experience and workplace culture.…”