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Human Factors: Understanding Human Capabilities and Their Role in Medication Safety

January 31, 2012

10 - 11 a.m.

This Webconference will provide a basic understanding of human cognition and common phenomena that lead to human error, including confirmation bias, inattention blindness, change blindness, and psychosocial influences on human performance. The speaker will discuss how an understanding of human factors can lead to safer system design and environmental control, particularly in fields of patient safety and medication safety.

Who should attend

The following professionals are appropriate for this program:

Pharmacists
Nurses
Administrators with oversight of ambulatory areas
Medication and patient safety officers
Risk and quality managers
Physicians working in diagnostic, surgical, and ambulatory area

Faculty

Judy Smetzer, R.N., B.S.N.
Vice President the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

Registration

The registration deadline for this program is January 26. For questions regarding registration please contact Christopher Guyon at cguyon@hanys.org, or at (518) 431-7834.

For questions regarding the program, please contact Mary Therriault at mtherria@hanys.org, or at (518) 431-7757.

Continuing Education Credits

There are no continuing education credits being offered with this program.

Materials

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