Human Factors in Healthcare: Designing Safe Systems (August)

The aims of this course are to introduce the skills and methods used by human factors practitioners.

Event date

19 August 2024 — 4 October 2024

Event location

Online

Why do the course

Human factors is a science that applies knowledge of human physical, cognitive and social abilities and limitations to design systems, organisations, jobs, and technology for safe and efficient performance.

In clinical settings this includes technologies such as electronic prescribing software, surgical instruments, and all aspects of organisational, team, and clinical processes.

Who the course is aimed at

Anyone who is interested in human factors can register for this course. This includes but is not limited to:

  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Allied health practitioners
  • Health service manages
  • Quality and safety managers

Course structure

  • Seven interactive modules including videos, reading packages, journal articles, quizzes
  • One module is released each week
  • Once a module is released participants can work at their own pace
  • No assessment

Topics

  • Introduction to human factors in healthcare
  • Teams leadership and communication
  • Medication safety
  • Devices and technology
  • Organisational learning and incident reporting
  • Staff safety
  • Putting HF into practice

Course duration

  • 7 Weeks online learning
  • Participants will have ongoing access to our online clinical human facors community forum

Time commitment

4-6 hours per week (on average)

Course fee

  • Doctors AUD $900 (inc GST)
  • Health professionals/others AUD $400 (inc GST)

All registrants will be required to provide proof oof specialty registration.

Enquiries

Ms Aushra Saldukas 
Ms Catherine Pound 

Phone: +61 3 9903 0321
Email: med-periopmedicine@monash.edu

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