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HFESA PD – Humanising Healthcare

09/05/2024 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – If you are curious about person-centred, sustainable healthcare systems, join us for an insightful webinar on human factors in healthcare service delivery. This is a JOINTLY sponsored webinar by HFESA and CIEHF. During this webinar, we will: Explore how human factors influence the design and functioning of healthcare systems; Understand the impact of person-centred patient care […]

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Reimagining Inpatient Falls: A Safety II Perspective – Humanitix

02/04/2024 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Event description April is traditionally a time of renewal for fall prevention programs in hospitals and residential care facilities across Australia (and the world over).  Yet, even after decades of research, awareness campaigns and program-level responses, the issue of avoidable falls is still unresolved, and as challenging as ever. What can organisations do in 2024 to transform fall […]

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A Personal Journey in Human Centred Design

The Humans Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia (HFESA) hasRead More ►

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HFESA 2024 – Human-Centered Futures

COMING SOON – HFESA 2024 National Conference Human-Centred Futures: Technology,Read More ►

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WA Branch PD Event: Human Reliability

13/08/2019 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – This session will focus on a human reliability analysis of connection, import and disconnection of hazardous substances. The conducted analysis included identification of Major Accident Hazards (MAH), related tasks and whether the system relies on procedural steps or operator competence to complete these correctly. It explores whether inherent or engineering controls could be introduced to […]

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SA Branch PD Event: An Update on Contemporary Human Factor & Ergonomic Issues

20/08/2019 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Join us for 3 contemporary presentations: Assoc Prof. Anjum Naweed  Systems thinking in the interstices of road train operation and level crossing safety Teal Evans, PhD, Human Factors Psychologist  Situation awareness and hazard perception deficiencies of young novice drivers Nic Doncaster, CPE, ChOHSP, AMPA  Heritage Rail Safety: Organisational & Cultural Challenges Limited Parking available onsite […]

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WA Branch: Optimising Human Performance in the Workplace

24/09/2019 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – This session aims to promote learning and discussion about cognitive, organisational and physical ergonomics. It will focus on the application of the wide range of clinical expertise we possess, which together form human factors as a discipline. Specifically, how can we apply our specialist skills in areas such as anatomy, physiology, psychology, engineering, design, and […]

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The 3rd International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (H-WORKLOAD 2019), Rome, Italy

14/11/2019 – 15/11/2019 @ 12:00 am – The 3rd International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (H-WORKLOAD 2019) will be held in Rome (November 14-15, 2019) at Sapienza University of Rome. The scientific programme of WORKLOAD 2019 will consist of regular and technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international programme committee, as well as keynote talks given by leading experts in their fields. Following the […]

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Public Transport: Research and Design for Human Use

20/02/2019 @ 8:45 am – 11:45 pm – Public Transport Victoria Human Factors Team and the Transport Special Interest Group at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia invite you to a morning of talks on application of Human Factors methods and research to inform and optimise the user centred design of public transport systems. As demand for Public Transport increases year […]

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Psychosocial factors in the workplace

25/07/2018 @ 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Michelle Anderson is the work, health and safety manager for the East Metropolitan Heath Services.  With a Masters in Occupational Environmental Health and Safety from ECU and over 20 years’ experience in the healthcare and social service industry sector, the last 10 in managing OSH, Michelle is well placed to discuss the real life challenges […]

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WA Annual Branch Meeting & PD – Automatic Train Protection Technologies – Face To Face Only

09/10/2024 @ 4:45 pm – 7:00 pm –   Our Presenter:   Kendal Leggett – Solutions Specialist (Aurizon) Kendal Leggett has worked within the rail freight industry for 15 years, prior to working in safety related positions in Mining and the University setting. The roles have ranged from managing Safety, Fitness for Work and Wellbeing programs for a national Rail Transport Operator. More […]

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HFESA PD – It’s good to talk: Qualitative explorations of end user perspectives in health and transport

30/10/2024 @ 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm – Recent Academic Research Article Webinar series Welcome to the HFESA webinar series that invites people from Australian or overseas to share with us insights into their recently published HFE research. The webinar is free to attend and recorded for people in any time zone to watch later   A/Prof Katie Plant and Dr Rich McIlroy […]

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PACDEFF 2024

29/10/2024 – 30/10/2024 @ All Day – We are now just over two months out from PACDEFF 2024, which will be held at Rydges Hotel, CBD, in Melbourne, over 29 and 30 October. Numbers are very strong again this year and we remain on track for a record crowd. The program for this year’s event remains unchanged and is available on our […]

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IEA August Newsbrief

This week we are reporting from the 22nd Triennial Congress ofRead More ►

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HSI SIG Meeting

21/10/2024 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Dear HFESA Members,   A new Special Interest Group on Human Systems Integration has been approved by the Board and will be holding a kick-off meeting on Monday 21st October 2024 from 17:30-18:30.   The Human Systems Integration (HSI) SIG focusses on approaches that integrate technology, organisations and people effectively across the breadth of the […]

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IEA July Newsbrief

Excitement levels are rising with the IEA2024 Congress less thanRead More ►

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Health SIG News

Welcome to our new VIC Representatives to the Health SIGRead More ►

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EUROCONTROL Webinar – A Life in Pictures: Gretchen Haskins – bringing breakthroughs in safety performance.

05/07/2024 @ All Day – This webinar series delves into the lives and careers of inspirational people who have made a significant difference to the safety and performance of safety-critical industries. Our guest is Gretchen Haskins, who will reflect on ten pictures to tell the story of her life. Hosted by Steven Shorrock.  With Gretchen Haskins, Board Director for HeliOffShore […]

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EUROCONTROL Webinar – Mental Underload…what it is and what it isn`t.

25/06/2024 @ All Day – This webinar will offer an insight into the concept of mental underload – what it is (as far as we are able to define it), what it isn’t, how it compares to related concepts (such as boredom or vigilance), what causes it, how and why it affects performance, how to measure it (as far as […]

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