Making human factors and ergonomics work in health and social care: chapter 2 (CIEHF, 11 September 2022)

Summary

This download is the second of three chapters of a book which complements the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors' Healthcare Learning Pathway and is intended as a practical resource for students.

Content

The book aims to provide well-founded, practical guidance to those responsible for leading and implementing human factors programmes and interventions in health and social care.

Chapter 2 objectives and learning outcomes:

1. To describe, in simple terms, the concept of organisational culture, and specifically how safety culture relates to this.
2. To recognise features of good safety culture.
3. To define key concepts of proactive risk management.
4. To briefly introduce the idea of safety management systems and safety cases.
5. To introduce methods for assessing safety culture (and consider their strengths and weaknesses).
6. Using a worked example, to introduce a tool for helping you to understand and strengthen safety culture in your own organisation.