Postgraduate Course: Clinical Human Factors and ergonomics in Healthcare (PSHF11003)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will cover the following topics: understanding human centred design using a systems approach, tools and technology, organisations and culture. The focus of this course is on understanding the systems and design principles that underlie the healthcare workforce and by understanding these and working with them within the students own workplace this will help to improve human performance and human well-being. |
| Course description |
This course will cover the following topics: understanding human centred design using a systems approach, tools and technology, organisations and culture. The focus of this course is on understanding the systems and design principles that underlie the healthcare workforce and by understanding these and working with them within the students own workplace this will help to improve human performance and human well-being.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% in course assessment«br /»
40% Asynchronous discussion boards. The SEIPS model and other human system based models will be discussed on the discussion boards, and students can bring in example of how human factors work in their country. Key terms will be discussed and debated. (SCQF 11.1)«br /»
30% Redesign an inadequate tool. Students will redesign an inadequate tool and demonstrate how, why and what the actual or potential consequences are/were on performance and wellbeing. Students will discuss how it could be re-designed based on HF principles. (SCQF 11.2, 11.5)
30% Independent Essay - Students will be asked to reflect on what has been learnt in this Course and specifically how the systems and design principles demonstrated can be used to improve an aspect of healthcare from within your own specialty. (SCQF 11.1, 11.3)
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| Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Have a critical understanding of the principle theories (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety, SEIPS, model) and concepts of human factors and ergonomics, including the organisational culture of healthcare delivery (SCQF 11.1)
- Be able to identify the main strengths and weaknesses that exist between SEIPS models and other models
- Be able to carry out independent research on SEIPS models and report on them (SCQF 11.2, 11.5)
- Be competent in constructing logically sound arguments and analysing scientific theories and data-generating methodologies. (SCQF 11.2, 11.3)
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Reading List
Safety at the sharp end by Rhona Flin
Human Factors and Ergonomics in practice: improving system performance and human well-being in the real world (CRC Press 2017) by Shorrock and Williams
Safer Healthcare: strategies for the real world by Vincent and Amalberti (Springer 2016)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | clinical human factors,ergonomics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Miss Domenica Coxon
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
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Course secretary | Miss Dawn Shennan
Tel: 0131 242 6478
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