Human Factors
Engineering and Cognitive Engineering approaches to improving reliability, quality, and patient safety in
healthcare and emergency services.
--Human Factors Engineering
and Cognitive Engineering Approaches to Patient Safety in Healthcare --Patient Safety Research in Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medicine
--Usability Research in Medical Devices and Health Information Technology
***************************************************************************************************************************************** new! HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH
SCIENTISTSAPPLICATIONS NOW
OPEN In August 2010 The National Center for Human
Factors Engineering in Healthcare will be founded as part of the MedStar
Institute for Innovation in Washington DC.
Recruitment
HAS BEGUN for two
Human Factors Engineering scientists (MS and PhD level) to join Terry
Fairbanks, who will be relocating to Washington DC in August to establish the
Center. Further details are available at
www.nchfeh.org.
The position descriptions and links
to applications are now available via the following links:
Human Factors Research Scientist (MS preferred)
Senior Human Factors Research Scientist (PhD preferred)
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[Note: see other position announcements below]
Presentation at the American College of Physician Executives Leadership
Summit: Terry Fairbanks joins with ACPE CEO Barry Silbaugh and Jeff Skiles, co-pilot of
the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight, US Airways
Flight 1549 to contrast between aviation industry and healthcare approaches
to safety and teamwork.
[link to more info]
3rd Int. Conf. on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Miami, July
19-22, 2010
[link][500kb
pdf]
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
Sept 27-Oct 1, 2010
[link]
