To Err is Human: Human Factors in Patient Safety by HRO Professional Development Ltd

To Err is Human: Human Factors in Patient Safety is organized by HRO Professional Development Ltd. and will be held on Sep 14, 2018 at Park Rotana Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The target audience for this medicl event is Consultants, Specialists, House Officers and Resident Doctors, Quality and Patient Safety Directors, Managers, Officers and Coordinators, Nursing Directors and Managers, Registered Nurses and Midwifes, Pharmacists and Allied Health Professionals, Medical and Nursing Students, and all other healthcare professionals interested in human factors and patient safety. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.5 CME Credits.

Course Description:
Our theme, Healthcare Heroes, celebrates clinicians’ unique ability to prevent errors and harm and, at the same time, recognises that healthcare professionals are also imperfect human beings. This timely seminar pursues the essence of human factors and patient safety, and delivers practical information and actionable ideas to clinicians at the sharp end.

Highlighted Topics:
• The importance of human factors and how they affect our everyday practice
• The effect of human fallibility and cognitive biases on patient safety
• The role of self, context & task approach and systemic migration in patient safety
• Using non-technical skills as safety solutions
• Application of human factors in safe medication management
• Swizz Cheese approach in accident causation
• The importance of near misses in enhancing patient safety

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this educational activity participants will be able to:
• Define and describe the science of human factors as it applies to healthcare
• Outline how different elements of human factors can be applied to improve patient safety
• Discuss the fallibility of the human condition and the contribution of situational and self-awareness as precursors to personal and organisational resilience