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Human factors and ergonomics in practice (2017)
Claire Cox posted an article in Recommended books and literature
This edited book concerns the real practice of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E), conveying the perspectives and experiences of practitioners and other stakeholders in a variety of industrial sectors, organisational settings and working contexts. The book blends literature on the nature of practice with diverse and eclectic reflections from experience in a range of contexts, from healthcare to agriculture. It explores what helps and what hinders the achievement of the core goals of HF/E: improved system performance and human wellbeing.- Posted
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Content ArticleThe first edition of Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety took the medical and ergonomics communities by storm with in-depth coverage of human factors and ergonomics research, concepts, theories, models, methods, and interventions and how they can be applied in healthcare. Other books focus on particular human factors and ergonomics issues such as human error or design of medical devices or a specific application such as emergency medicine. This book draws on both areas to provide a compendium of human factors and ergonomics issues relevant to health care and patient safety.
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The sepsis song
Claire Cox posted an article in Learning disabilities
Sepsis can be difficult to spot or articulate. This short video by MiXiT days, a theatre company made up of people with and without learning difficulties, describes the symptoms of sepsis in song format.- Posted
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Connor Sparrowhawk: The tale of laughing boy (2015)
Claire Cox posted an article in Patient stories
Connor Sparrowhawk died in July 2013 while he was in the care of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. An independent report concluded that Connor’s death was preventable and that there were significant failings in his care and treatment. This moving film describes what Connor was like by his friends and family and highlights the failings that caused the avoidable death of Connor.- Posted
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Content ArticlePharmaceutical companies use a variety of abbreviations to denote short- and long-acting medications. Errors involving the administration of these medications are frequently reported.
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Thinking, fast and slow, by Daniel Kahneman
Claire Cox posted an article in Recommended books and literature
International bestseller by Daniel Kahneman, about making decisions.- Posted
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Content ArticleWhat links the Mercedes Formula One team with Google? What links Team Sky and the aviation industry? What connects James Dyson and David Beckham? According to this book, they are all Black Box Thinkers. Written by Matthew Syed, Black Box Thinking is a new approach to high performance, a means of finding an edge in a complex and fast-changing world.
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Content ArticleSteven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in human work from multiple perspectives. The term 'human factor' is rarely defined, but people often refer to reducing it. In this blog, Steven asks what are we actually reducing?
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Content ArticleHuman Factors Cast is a podcast that investigates the sciences of psychology, engineering, biomechanics, industrial design, physiology and anthropometry and how it affects our interaction with technology. Hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff.
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