What is meant by ‘Safety Management Systems’? And why is it so important? The last century saw extraordinary developments in knowledge and technology in just about every industry. In the early years a lot of advancements were largely experimental and the rate of failure was high. However, with experience and research the techniques and technologies …
Verita’s 3-day human performance workshop will include a mix of presentations from Verita trainers, individual and group exercises, and then several opportunities for attendees to practice and demonstrate their own presentation skills. The course has two stated objectives: To establish the competence and confidence to deliver human performance training to colleagues. To provide a broader …
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First let’s clear up the difference between human factors and human performance. Human performance is all about how and why people do what they do. Human factors is the science which applies what we know about that ‘how and why’ to the design of machines, equipment, work environments, procedures and anything else involving human interaction. …
Cognitive dissonance Firstly I should make it clear that I am not a psychologist nor in the truest sense of the word am I a scientist, although as an aviator I have a broad understanding of a lot of science. My knowledge of cognitive dissonance, in particular, comes from extensive research into why pilots were …
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Aviation safety – lessons for healthcare In the late 1940s following WWII there were two significant influences on commercial cockpit culture. What followed changed aviation safety forever and would eventually inform our understanding of how to manage the impact of a patient safety incident. The first was a result of the massive wartime technology spike, …
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Safety in healthcare My attention was caught by this programme on Radio 4 last week. Speaking from the control tower at London City airport, Claudia Hammond looked at how lessons learned from the commercial airline industry over the past 20 to 30 years are being used to improve safety in healthcare. The programme addressed the …
