Faculty Member - Experimental Psychology

Martina Inge Klein, Ph.D.
	Position:	Assistant Professor
	Education:	Ph.D., 2008, University of Cincinnati (Experimental/Human Factors Psychology) M.A., 2004, University of Cincinnati (Experimental/Human Factors Psychology) B.A., 2001, Hawaii Pacific University (Major: Psychology, Minor: Mathematics)
	Contact:	Phone: (806) 742-3711 ext. 243 Fax: (806) 742-0818 Email: martina.i.klein@ttu.edu

Research Interests:

Stress and Workload: Subjective and physiological measures of stress and workload

Human Factors in Medicine: Laparoscopic and robotic surgery, errors in medicine

Selected Research:

Carswell, C.M., Lio, C.H., Grant, R., Klein, M. I., Clarke, D., Seales, W.B., and Strup, S. (in submission). Vocal versus written administration of subjective workload scales: Reliability studies in a surgical training environment. Applied Ergonomics.
Klein, M. I., Warm, J. S., Riley, M. A., Matthews, G., Gaitonde, K., & Donovan, J. F. (2008). Perceptual distortions produce multidimensional stress profiles in novice users of an endoscopic surgery simulator. Human Factors, 50, 291-300.
Klein, M. I., Warm, J. S., Riley, M. A., Matthews, G., Gaitonde, K., Donovan, J. F., & Doarn, C. (2008). Performance, stress, workload, and coping profiles in 1st-year medical students’ interaction with the endoscopic/laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical techniques. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 52, 885-889.
Klein, M. I., Riley, M. A., Warm, J. S., & Matthews, G. (2005). Perceived mental workload in an endoscopic surgery simulator. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 49, 1014-1017.
Klein, M. I., Warm, J. S., Riley, M. A., Matthews, G., Parsons, K. S. (2004). The multi-dimensional nature of stress in simulated endoscopic surgery. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 48, 1700-1703.

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