Frontiers in Healthcare: The Case for Human Factors Integration
10 Nov 2021
Theatre 1
Working Better
The presentation will outline a high level overview of Human Factors and Ergonomics as a science and profession and highlight why it needs to be formally integrated at all levels within healthcare policy, regulation, education and practice. From the Human Factors perspective, current conceptual thinking and approaches to improving patient safety will also be challenged - and the case made for embedding 'system thinking' in, for example, team-based safety reviews to encourage more meaningful learning