Human factors (improving human performance in care delivery)

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1. Contemporary Ergonomics & Human Factors 2026

   • Human factors
   • Ergonomics

   By Patient Safety Learning, 11 June

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   • 11 June

2. Human factors and ergonomics (Cambridge Core, 2 June 2026)

   • Human factors
   • Ergonomics
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Human factors
     • Ergonomics
     • System safety

   By Patient Safety Learning, 4 June

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   • 167 views
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   • 4 June

3. Understanding bias and the implications for patient safety

   • Bias
   • Training
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Bias
     • Training
     • Staff factors
     • Discrimination

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 17 March

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   • 17 March

4. Back to basics: checklists in aviation and healthcare (12 May 2015)

   • Checklists
   • Human factors
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     • Checklists
     • Human factors
     • Aviation
     • Healthcare
     • Implementation

   By Patient Safety Learning, 12 February

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   • 12 February

5. Learning Teams (PsychSafety, 30 January 2026)

   • Psychological safety
   • Human factors
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     • Psychological safety
     • Human factors
     • Staff support
     • Organisational Performance

   By Patient Safety Learning, 30 January

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   • 30 January

6. Time to Think Systems in Difficult Airways: ‘The SCOOP on Safety in Thyroid Surgery’ (12 December 2025)

   • Anaesthesia
   • Medicine - Respiratory
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Anaesthesia
     • Medicine - Respiratory
     • Human factors

   By Mark Hughes, 22 December, 2025

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   • 22 December, 2025

7. Human error isn’t the cause, it’s the clue. Why we need to redesign the systems we expect people to operate (Paul Chivers, 7 December)

   • Human factors
   • Human error

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 9 December, 2025

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   • 9 December, 2025

8. Human Factors as Healthcare’s Secret Advantage: How an Open Door and a Tiny Tube Revealed System Flaws (podcast, 6 November 2025)

   • Human factors
   • System safety

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 17 November, 2025

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   • 276 views
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   • 17 November, 2025

9. Staff fatigue and the impact on patient safety

   • Staff factors
   • Human factors
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     • Staff factors
     • Human factors
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • System safety
     • Risk assessment

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 29 October, 2025

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   • 29 October, 2025

10. "I know I shouldn't but …" The inevitable tension of using workarounds to be a 'good nurse'

    • Human factors
    • Staff factors
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      • Human factors
      • Staff factors
      • Policies / Protocols / Procedures
      • Research
      • Medication
      • Nurse

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 July, 2025

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    • 10 July, 2025

11. SKYbrary: Human error types

    • Human error
    • Human factors
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Human error
      • Human factors
      • Behaviour

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 June, 2025

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    • 714 views
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    • 10 June, 2025

12. Teaching Human Factors to healthcare students (27 May 2025)

    • Human factors
    • Training
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Human factors
      • Training
      • Students

    By Patient Safety Learning, 29 May, 2025

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    • 395 views
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    • 29 May, 2025

13. Bitesize learning: Quick dips into human factors (CIEHF)

    • Human factors
    • Ergonomics
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      • Human factors
      • Ergonomics
      • Behaviour

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 May, 2025

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    • 16 May, 2025

14. Impacts of communication type and quality on patient safety incidents: A systematic review (15 April 2025)

    • Human factors
    • Communication
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      • Human factors
      • Communication
      • Research
      • Patient safety incident

    By Patient Safety Learning, 30 April, 2025

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    • 30 April, 2025

15. Safety Talks Podcast: Human Factors in Healthcare - Culture, Communication, and Change (28 March 2025)

    • Human factors
    • Just Culture
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      • Human factors
      • Just Culture
      • Communication

    By Mark Hughes, 7 April, 2025

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    • 7 April, 2025

16. Understanding “Human Factors” is Not “Factors Associated with Being Human” (ECRI September 2024)

    • Human factors

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 17 March, 2025

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    • 17 March, 2025

17. Uncovering the components of therapeutic empathy through thematic analysis of existing definitions (1 December 2024)

    • Human factors
    • Communication
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      • Human factors
      • Communication
      • Patient engagement
      • Decision making

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 28 February, 2025

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    • 28 February, 2025

18. Human factors and systems safety engineering in healthcare (2 May 2017)

    • Human factors
    • System safety
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      • Human factors
      • System safety
      • Healthcare

    By Patient Safety Learning, 25 February, 2025

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    • 25 February, 2025

19. Clinical Human Factors Group: have your say

    By Nikki Fountain, 24 February, 2025

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    • 327 views
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    • 24 February, 2025

20. Take C.A.R.E of patient safety: A call to action

    • Behaviour
    • Diagnostic error
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      • Behaviour
      • Diagnostic error
      • Medication
      • Safety behaviour
      • Decision making
      • Human error
      • Cognitive tasks
      • Risk management
      • Patient safety incident
      • Diagnosis
      • Adminstering medication

    By Alex Kim, 27 January, 2025

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    • 376 views
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    • 27 January, 2025

21. Benefits of targeted deployment of physician-led interprofessional pre-hospital teams on the care of critically Ill and injured patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (6 January 2024)

    • Teamwork
    • Emergency medicine
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Teamwork
      • Emergency medicine
      • Paramedic
      • Doctor

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 9 January, 2025

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    • 9 January, 2025

22. Beyond error: A qualitative study of human factors in serious adverse events (11 September 2024)

    • Human factors
    • Human error
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Human factors
      • Human error
      • Research
      • Patient safety incident

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 January, 2025

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    • 4 January, 2025

23. The role of empathy in health and social care professionals (23 January 2020)

    • Research
    • Human factors
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Research
      • Human factors
      • Patient engagement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 1 January, 2025

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    • 1 January, 2025

24. Introduction to safe communication (European Institute for Safe Communication)

    • Communication
    • Human factors
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      • Communication
      • Human factors
      • Staff factors
      • Consent

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 December, 2024

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    • 646 views
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    • 15 December, 2024

25. Human factors and ergonomics (5 June 2023)

    • Human factors
    • Ergonomics

    By Patient Safety Learning, 9 December, 2024

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    • 403 views
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    • 9 December, 2024