Introduction to Human Factors
Our introductory course is run over a long half day and aims to provide staff with a base knowledge of Human Factors/Ergonomics. It is suitable for anyone working in healthcare who would like to learn about Human Factors. Topics covered in our half day course include:
- Introduction to Human Factors/Ergonomics
- Understanding interaction between humans tasks, technology and environment
- Human Factors models (looking at models to analyse a system)
- How Human Factors links with patient safety
- Understanding system processes and how to change them
- Learning what makes a good process/ how to recognise a bad process
- Teamwork and communication
- Human Factors methods
- User centred design
- Designing solutions
If you are interested in applying for this course, please register your name with us using oxstar@nda.ox.ac.uk.