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WEEK 21:
What are human factors?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| human factors aka ergonomics | scientific discipline concerned with understanding interactions among humans and other elements of a system in order to optimise human well-being and overall system performance (things affecting human performance) |
| human factors model 1 shows | patient safety depends on whole healthcare system not just individual staff including: individual (staff), team (non technical skills), task (eg paperwork), organisation (trust), and state (government) |
| explain the outcome - process - contributory factors process | outcome (what happened) -> process (how it happened) -> contributory factors (underlying reasons why it happened) |
| solutions for human factors | interventions (actions such as simplifying a process and removing unnecessary steps) |
| questions to test the effectiveness of solution for human factors | in existence? accessible? valid? reliable? usable for different audiences in different areas? user tested? |
| key lessons from this lecture | everyone makes mistakes so create systems where its hard to make mistakes and a culture where everyone feels able to speak up if they think something is wrong |