Human Factors Underpin all we do and teach
Understanding how Humans Perform in Systems
Instilling a Culture of Human Factors in Medicine
Positively Impacting Safety and Performance by:
Human factors is the science of understanding human performance within a given system. It is a scientific discipline (not a collection of factors about humans), which is why we refer to the singular “What is human factors?”
Positively Impacting Safety and Performance by:
Instilling a Culture of Human Factors in Medicine
Positively Impacting Safety and Performance by:
- enhancing teamwork and communication between staff at all levels
- improving the safety culture of teams and organisations
- understanding why people make errors and how ‘systems factors’ threaten safety and efficiency
- reduction of harm through better design of management systems and workplace tools
- improving learnings when things go wrong by developing approaches to incident investigation
Instilling a Culture of Human Factors in Medicine
Instilling a Culture of Human Factors in Medicine
Instilling a Culture of Human Factors in Medicine
Human Factors understandings and culture are long overdue in Medicine. In the USA Medical Accidents are the third biggest killer 250,000 deaths p.a. are attributed to it.
We want the training doctors receive to minimise the risk and incidence of avoidable accidents.
Inculcating this early and across teams is the best way for this to be done.
It's at the heart of our Identity and Mission