Overview

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Offerings

DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2020-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
OUA-S2-EXT-2019-ONGOING

Requisites

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in a graduate course.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Identify the principles of Human Factors and the role of Human Factors in the prevention of errors in healthcare delivery
2.
Discuss the cognitive and behavioural characteristics of humans that make humans error prone in relation to working environments and machinery & technology
3.
Apply human factors knowledge to develop strategies to decrease risk of errors occurring in the areas of medication administration, teamwork & communication, clinical handover and clinical deterioration.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Module 1: Introduction to Human Factors
Module 2: Human Factors and Working environments, Machinery and Technology
Module 3: Human Factors and Medication Errors
Module 4: Human Factors and Teamwork & Situation Awareness
Module 5: Human Factors and the use of Structured tools to Improve Clinical Handover
Module 6: Human Factors: Recognising and Responding to Clinical Deterioration