Recommended websites.
Scottish Patient Safety Programme, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Provides access to programmes, initiatives, resources, news, events.
Clinical Human Factors Group
CHFG National campaign group raising awareness of how human factors can have a signifcant impact on safety, quality and productivity in healthcare. Access to resources, articles, reports, news, events.
Industrial Psychlogy Research Centre, Aberdeen University
Human factors research and access to resources and non-technical skills frameworks for surgeons, anaethetists and scrub practitioners.
Scottish Patient Safety Research Network
Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews Information on publications, tools, events, projects, newsletters.
WHO training resources
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
Health and Safety Executive
Human Factors and Ergonomics: key topics, case studies, articles and briefings.
Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors
Information on human factors training courses, resources, articles, news.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (United States)
Access to educational resources and section on definitions of human factors/ergonomics.
Royal College of Nursing
Human Factors section, with definitions, key topics, resources, references and networks.
The Health Foundation: Patient Safety Resource Centre
The Health Foundation is an independent charity working to improve the quality of healthcare in the UK. They carry out research and in-depth policy analysis on healthcare quality. They have resources on Human Factors.