University of New South Wales - School of Risk and Safety Sciences - Teams, Team Training and Patient Handovers in Complex Patient Settings

5th March 2009

This was a one day workshop run by the The NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre (IRMRC) and the School of Risk and Safety Sciences (SRSS) at the University of NSW, and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (NSW Branch).

It was held in the Gallery Room 1 of the Scientia Building, on the UNSW campus.

The workshop agenda is available, as are the speaker biographies, a select bibliography, and some of the presentations are provided below.

Assessing Performance and Human Factors in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Ken Catchpole, PhD, Leverhulme Research Fellow, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford
Human Factors and Systems Design: Synergy for Safety
Louise Whitby, M Safety Sc, CPE, Louise Whitby and Associates P/L
Assessing Handovers: The Formula 1 Model
Ken Catchpole, PhD, Leverhulme Research Fellow, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford
Reflexive Learning by Clinicians
Rick Iedema, PhD, Director, Health Communication, Centre for Health Communications, University of Technology Sydney
Pitfalls in Assessing Patient Handovers Research
Julie Johnson, MSPH, PhD, Deputy Director, Centre for Clinical Governance Research, University of New South Wales