Looks can be deceiving: Gaze pattern differences between novices and experts during placement of central lines.

Journal: American journal of surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to determine whether gaze patterns could differentiate expertise during simulated ultrasound-guided Internal Jugular Central Venous Catheterization (US-IJCVC) and if expert gazes were different between simulators of varying functional and structural fidelity.

Authors

  • Hong-En Chen
    Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania.
  • Cheyenne C Sonntag
    Department of Surgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA.
  • David F Pepley
    Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania.
  • Rohan S Prabhu
    Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Penn State, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
  • David C Han
    Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA.
  • Jason Z Moore
    Pennsylvania State University Mechanical Engineering.
  • Scarlett R Miller
    Pennsylvania State University Industrial Engineering.