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Human factors and ergonomics in patient safety curriculum

✍ Scribed by Linda Williams; Bradley V. Watts; Scott McKnight; James P. Bagian

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
248 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
1090-8471

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The importance of teaching human factors and ergonomics (HFE) and patient safety is registered in two compelling facts: 1) the numbers of physicians who train in VA hospitals and 2) in the need for hospitals to function as highly reliable organizations. In the United States, more than half of the physicians‐in‐training do at least part of their medical school and residency training at veterans' health care facilities. Health care currently does not measure up to other high‐reliability organizations. By providing a HFE‐based patient safety curriculum, we hope to improve patient safety at the frontlines. We see the lasting benefit as residency programs that produce physicians who are competent, patient safety problem solvers throughout their careers who will assist health care organizations to become highly reliable. Β© 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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