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Human Factors in the Health Care Setting : A Pocket Guide for Clinical Instructors by Fortune, Peter-Marc (editor);Davis, Mike (editor);Hanson, Jacky (editor);Phillips, Barbara (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book is a practical guide for health care professionals teaching human factors as a means of improving safety in practices, teams and organisations. By raising awareness of the deeper understanding of the human factors which contribute to error, it looks at ways to prevent, circumvent or minimise these factors. A concise guide to integrating human factors in emergency medicine, **The Pocket Guide to Human Factors for Medical Instructors** isthe ALSG’s course book for their training for medical instructors. The book adopts a practical approach which is the hallmark of all ALSG publications and courses. Written by well known, well respected members of the Emergency Medicine and Critical Care world this book provides easily assimilated advice, beginning with a recognition of the factors leading to errors being made, followed by practical guidance on how to avoid them. The book is divided into eleven parts: * Introduction to human factors in medicine * Human cognition and error * Situation awareness * Leadership and team working * Personality and behaviour * Communication and awareness * Decision-making * Fatigue and stress * Key elements in communication: briefing and debriefi

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Fortune, Peter-Marc (editor);Davis, Mike (editor);Hanson, Jacky (editor);Phillips, Barbara (editor)
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9781118339664
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Engineering, Psychology

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