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IEA 2018: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) pp 97–101Cite as

Creative ‘Tips’ to Integrate Human Factors/Ergonomics Principles and Methods with Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Clinical Education

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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).

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  1. WHO World Health Organisation (2011) The multi-professional patient safety curriculum guide. http://www.who.int/patientsafety/education/curriculum/en/. Accessed 15 June 2017

  2. Vosper H, Bowie P, Hignett S (2017) Twelve tips for embedding Human Factors and Ergonomics principles in healthcare educational curricula and programmes. Med Teach. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2017.1387240

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  1. Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

    Helen Vosper, Sue Hignett & Paul Bowie

  2. Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

    Helen Vosper, Sue Hignett & Paul Bowie

  3. Medical Directorate, NHS Education for Scotland, Glasgow, UK

    Helen Vosper, Sue Hignett & Paul Bowie

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Correspondence to Sue Hignett .

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  1. University of the Republic of San Marino, San Marino, San Marino

    Sebastiano Bagnara

  2. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

    Riccardo Tartaglia

  3. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

    Sara Albolino

  4. Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Thomas Alexander

  5. International Ergonomics Association, Tokyo, Japan

    Yushi Fujita

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Vosper, H., Hignett, S., Bowie, P. (2019). 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., Fujita, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 818. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96098-2_14

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