Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment

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Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment
The course Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment is an online class provided by UEA (University of East Anglia) through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn how the study of human factors can reduce error in healthcare with this course for healthcare professionals.

Course description
  • Discover how understanding human factors can improve patient safety
  • 3 weeks
  • 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.
  • Why Human error occurs
  • Cognitive Short Topics of Human Factors
  • Human factor case studies
  • Participant reflection and self evaluation to promote awareness of human factors
  • Strategies to improve communication within the workplace
  • Developing a safety culture
  • This course is for healthcare professionals of all levels, but many of the topics discussed are transferable across other industries.
  • UEA (University of East Anglia)
  • The University of East Anglia is an internationally renowned university providing top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 15,000 students from over 100 countries around the globe.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment

Course Topic

Presentation Skills, Teacher Training, Teaching & Academics

University, College, Institution

UEA (University of East Anglia)

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / UEA (University of East Anglia) you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: UEA (University of East Anglia)
Topic: Healthcare & Medicine

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