What does ‘drifting’ look like in healthcare? Nikki Davey - CHFG Trustee

Nikki Davey, Clinical Human Factors Group Trustee, provides examples of ‘drifting’ or ‘creating new norms’ that impact patient safety. When the gap grows between work as imagined and work as done staff may move away from the high standard of...

Why don’t we talk about ‘drifting’ more? Nikki Davey - CHFG Trustee

Nikki Davey, Clinical Human Factors Group Trustee, talks about the tendency to drift away from standards, rules and procedures and the gap between work as imagined and work as...

Cognitive workload: What has it got to do with buckets? Debbie Rosenorn-Lanng - CHFG Trustee

Debbie Rosenorn-Lanng, Clinical Human Factors Trustee discusses how typical daily stress has an impact on cognitive...

Cognitive workload: Why should we take breaks? Debbie Rosenorn-Lanng

Debbie Rosenorn-Lanng, Clinical Human Factors Trustee, drawing from her experience as an anaesthetist, shares practical advice about taking breaks and the impact on cognitive...

What does Quality Improvement bring to Patient Safety? Nikki Davey, CHFG Trustee

Nikki Davey, Clinical Human Factors Trustee, talk about the importance of context when implementing change and the use of here and now testing and...

How does Human Factors play into Quality Improvement? Nikki Davey, CHFG Trustee

Nikki Davey, Clinical Human Factors Group Trustee, talking from a position of Quality Improvement about how Human Factors and Ergonomics and Quality Improvement practitioners can contribute to patient safety. Further reading How safety huddles can drive improvement...