Creative 'tips' to integrate human factors/ergonomics principles and methods with patient safety and quality improvement clinical education.

Vosper, Helen; Hignett, Sue; Bowie, Paul

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96098-2_14

Authors

Helen Vosper

Sue Hignett

Paul Bowie

Contributors

Sebastiano Bagnara
Editor

Riccardo Tartaglia
Editor

Sara Albolino
Editor

Thomas Alexander
Editor

Yushi Fujita
Editor

Abstract

The goal of these 12 tips is to enhance the effectiveness of safety and improvement work in frontline healthcare practice by providing a framework for integration of Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) theory and approaches within undergraduate curricula, postgraduate training and healthcare improvement programs. This paper offers both support and challenges to healthcare educators when planning the inclusion of HFE principles within existing curricula. The 12 tips include the systems framework (Tip 1, 3), HFE tools and competency (Tips 2, 7), misunderstandings (Tips 4, 5), and ideas for implementation (Tip 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). They will support the goal of enhancing the performance of care systems (productivity, safety, efficiency, quality) and the wellbeing of all the people (patient outcomes, staff presenteeism).

Citation

VOSPER, H., HIGHNETT, S. and BOWIE, P. 2018. Creative 'tips' to integrate human factors/ergonomics principles and methods with patient safety and quality improvement clinical education. In Bagnara, S., Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Alexander, T. and Fujita, Y. (eds.) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), 26-30 August 2018, Florence, Italy. Advances in intelligent systems and computing, 818. Cham: Springer [online], volume 1: healthcare ergonomics, pages 97-101. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96098-2_14

Conference Name	20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018)
Conference Location	Florence, Italy
Start Date	Aug 26, 2018
End Date	Aug 30, 2018
Acceptance Date	May 31, 2018
Online Publication Date	Aug 8, 2018
Publication Date	Aug 8, 2018
Deposit Date	Aug 14, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Aug 9, 2019
Electronic ISSN	2194-5357
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1: healthcare ergonomics
Pages	97-101
Series Title	Advances in intelligent systems and computing
Series Number	818
Series ISSN	2194-5357
ISBN	9783319960975
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96098-2_14
Keywords	Education; Competency; Accreditation
Public URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10059/3066