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Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment
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Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

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Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment
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Highlights

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment
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Course details

More about this course
  • Human factors is the study of how humans behave and interact with each other and their surroundings. It considers how humans interact in the workplace and how, due to the inevitability of human error, mistakes are likely to occur.
  • On this course you will look at human factors in a healthcare environment, an area where it is vital to limit mistakes because human error can affect patient safety. You will learn about systems that pre-empt the inevitability of human error and can help improve clinical practice and patient safety as a whole.

Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

The Basic Principles of Human Factors

Introduction to the course

Introduction to human factors

Cognitive Topics

Application of Human Factors to Healthcare

Introduction to Week 2

Human factors in healthcare

Communication

Applying human factors in healthcare

Implementing Change - Creating a Safety Culture

Introduction to Week 3

Error reporting in healthcare

Implementing change

End of course activities

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