Medicine and the human factor

Szawarski, Piotr

doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138943

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“…In the aftermath and when COVID-19 cases slow down, it is essential to use HFE approaches and methods to learn from failures and successes, and globally share these lessons to minimize the impact of future outbreaks. We recommend integrating HFE approaches across health care systems and involving NTS expertise at all levels of crisis management, from preparation and planning to execution and investigation [ 17 ].…”

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Human factors and ergonomics to improve performance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Nácul²,

Rosseel³

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The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched health care resources to the point of crisis worldwide. It is considered the worst global emergency since World War II and has intensely shaken health systems, economies, and societies. The pandemic began in China back in December 2019 with rapid and extensive international spread, and a mortality rate of more than three million people to date, overwhelming hospitals, mortuaries, and cemeteries. The short-term impact on people takes the form of anxiety about health and livelihoods, and restrictive adjustments. Healthcare workers also carry the physical and psychological burden of working through further pandemic peaks having experienced the first wave. Although there has been growing recognition of the importance of human factors (HF), skills and ergonomics in delivering high quality care in the complex environment of the intensive care unit (ICU), the pandemic has sharply accelerated their application.

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Human factors and ergonomics to improve performance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Rosseel³

et al. 2021

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“…The austerity measures, combined with pandemic and more recently the vision of a backlog with attached unrealistic expectations of tackling it, have brought the NHS and many other healthcare systems to the brink 2. Striving at conformity in the effort to improve efficiency, has resulted in a plethora of mental health problems among healthcare personnel as discussed previously in this journal 3. Human factors approach or ergonomics considers creating an optimal environment for human performance.…”

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Pandemic and the human factor

Szawarski

2022

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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As the staffing crisis in the UK deepens, it is time for the policy-makers and professional bodies to rethink the approach to the most vital and yet most fragile component of the healthcare system—the human beings. The austerity measures, combined with pandemic and more recently the vision of a backlog with attached unrealistic expectations of tackling it, have brought the NHS and many other healthcare systems to the brink of a crisis. It is a human factors approach, which emphasises clinician’s well-being as the core aspect of optimising performance that should become our goal. Delivery of healthcare under circumstances of physical, legal or moral threat cannot be optimal and is not sustainable. The pandemic served to highlight this quite clearly. Also, an injured, tired or burn-out healthcare professional cannot be expected to repair the system that has precipitated his or her condition. The approach to changing the culture of medicine may be multifaceted, but ultimately, we should rethink professionalism and the definition of duty of care putting emphasis on the well-being of those delivering the care as the way to assure best possible care.

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“…Dr Piotr Szawarski 1 in the first paper identifies important features of our health service that may lead to burnout and asks important questions, whereas Ahmed and Scott 2 outline similar concerns along with structured suggestions as to how these might be addressed.…”

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2020

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Medicine and the human factor

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Human factors and ergonomics to improve performance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic

Human factors and ergonomics to improve performance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic

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