External Virtual Human Factors Course
This ½ day course is suitable for clinical and non-clinical staff and aims to provide an introduction to the fundamentals of human factors in healthcare. This course will align with the new National Patient Safety Syllabus. PO number will be accepted for 5 staff or more.
3 CPD credits awarded

The course introduces participants to basic human factors frameworks, including the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS), and focuses on practical applications in the workplace to improve understanding of systems in healthcare.

Learning Objectives
Improve understanding of human factors principles
Introduce and explore a human factors framework (SEIPS)
Provide opportunities to practice applying SEIPS to real world examples

Course content
Definition and background of human factors
Human factors applied to healthcare
Importance of work place culture (including Just Culture tool)
Explanation of SEIPS framework
Exercises using SEIPS
Plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions
Date: 20 November 2024, 9:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Speaker: Dr Helen Higham (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Organiser: Wendy Washbourn (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: wendy.washbourn@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/short-courses/nuffield-department-of-clinical-neurosciences-anaesthetics/oxstar
Cost: £150 plus VAT
Audience: Clinical and non-clinical staff
Editor: Leusa Lloyd