Human Factors Ergonomics (Safety Science) for Patient Safety Level 1 Introduction

Level 1 - Human Factors can help all of us in our job roles. Understanding more about Human Factors helps us to: understand why work goes well; improve information and workflow; improve the design and usability of health and social care systems; equipment; and technology; enhance teamwork and improve communication between different groups of staff in your own organisation and across care settings; understand why things go wrong and consider what could go wrong in the future.