Human Factors: Affect Everyone, Involve Everyone.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The NHS Patient Safety Syllabus highlights human factors as a core education theme for all healthcare staff. Despite this, no multidisciplinary Human Factors courses in NHS Wales have previously been reported.

Approach

A multidisciplinary Human Factors course was created and delivered by a faculty with varied clinical and teaching backgrounds. The 1-day course included an introductory lecture, themed workshops and discussion about practical applications using pre-filmed simulations. A pre-course handbook and online platform facilitated consolidation of the learning.

Evaluation

To date, we have run three courses with a total of 83 attendees: 38 doctors, 34 nurses, three managers, three midwives, two physician associates, one dentist, one pharmacist and one p

SUBMITTER: Alcock A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12308105 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature