Measuring Healthcare Worker Satisfaction in the Operating Room

Alonzo D Jones; Hunter D D Witmer; Çağla Keceli; Mihai Giurcanu; Dan Adelman; Kiran K Turaga

doi:10.1097/AS9.0000000000000129

Measuring Healthcare Worker Satisfaction in the Operating Room

Ann Surg Open. 2022 Jan 21;3(1):e129. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000129. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Alonzo D Jones¹, Hunter D D Witmer^{2

3}, Çağla Keceli³, Mihai Giurcanu⁴, Dan Adelman³, Kiran K Turaga²

Affiliations

¹ From the The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
² Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL.
³ Booth School of Business, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
⁴ Department of Public Health Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

This report highlights the efficacy of using a 5-point Likert scale to measure healthcare worker satisfaction in the operating room. This assessment is significant because it is a critical step in assessing a novel scheduling apparatus that hopes to improve team satisfaction, operative efficiency, and operating room waste.

Publication types

Case Reports