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IHI Open School for Health Professions

Web Conference with Carol Haraden, PhD, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Human Factors: Your Brain on Autopilot

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

5:00 - 6:00 PM Eastern Time
4:00 – 5:00 PM Central Time
2:00 – 3:00 PM Pacific Time

Everyday life:

• Have you ever driven home when you were tired and realized after arriving that you couldn’t remember driving a portion of the trip?
• Have you ever found your cereal box in the refrigerator and wondered how it got there?
• Have you ever been spared a dead car battery by a beeping noise that reminded you to turn your car lights off?

Everyday life in health care:

• Anurse administers a wrong dose because medication labels look similar.
• A doctor is interrupted by a page and then gives the nurse incomplete patient orders.
• A nurse uses a new IV pump incorrectly because it doesn't work the way the old one did.

These occurrences are examples of how human factors—variables affecting the interaction between people and things—affect us in every day life. When patients’ lives are at stake, the consequences are far more serious than a dead car battery. This IHI Open School for Health Professions On Call web conference will give you strategies to help minimize or prevent risks associated with human factors in health care.
The August 6th web conference features Carol Haraden, PhD, Vice President, IHI and student moderator Jennifer Boehne, PharmD, Masters in Health Informatics Candidate 2008, University of Minnesota.
To participate in the web conference, please register in advance.
Please forward this message to classmates and colleagues who may be interested; we look forward to hearing from you!
This free web conference is part of a series that bring experts in health care together with students from medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, health care administration, public health, and other allied health professions. The format for the series includes an introduction to the topic, practical ideas for approaching the issue, and the opportunity to ask questions. Visit our website to download an audio file or written transcript of the first two On Call audio conferences, “What Is It Like to Be Trapped n an Error?,” and “How Do I Communicate with My Team Effectively?”.

[denicu]

I am trying to sign up for the course-its asking for a rate-I dont have one. I thought it was free. Please advise. Thanks.

[denicu]

I was able to sign up for the conference. Thanks.