Studies in adverse events have identified employing human factors principles as a key tactic in making health care safer.  The Human Factors 101 course was developed by the Healthcare Human Factors Group as part of the team’s ongoing effort towards human factors education.

The four-hour interactive course aims to address the general unfamiliarity with human factors engineering in order to educate others on how it can reduce adverse events in healthcare institutions.

The course covers the following:
•    The importance and value of human factors concepts in a clinical context
•    User-centered design and evaluation
•    Crew resource management
•    Mental workload and human error

Course Fee:    $100/person, which is waived for UHN employees
Location:        Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at University Health Network
Registration:    Email: registration[at]humanfactors.ca
                      Tel:    416-340-4800 Ext. 5514

For HF 101 Course Overview click here

“Understanding the human factors element is becoming very important in our clinical work as we trial new products and try to better understand why errors and near misses occur from a patient safety perspective. I would highly recommend this course for all clinicians.”

- Jane Moser, Former Director of Nursing, University Health Network