The Use of Checklists in MedicineAbstract. This mini-review highlights the success story of checklists in perioperative medicine. It provides a background to the introduction of medical checklists, the WHO Guidelines for ...
An important cognitive function is the ability to remember to execute future tasks, a capability known as prospective memory (PM). Workers in complex sociotechnical systems such as healthcare and aviation face many PM challenges and forgetting tasks can ...
The analysis of major accidents in safety-critical systems requires a “big-picture” approach, with the capacity to accommodate contributing factors from within the organisations involved and from dysfunctional interactions between different parts of the ...
This article focuses on a major human factors–related issue that includes the undeniable role of cultural factors and cockpit automation and their serious impact on flight crew performance, communication, and aviation safety. The report concentrates on ...
Abstract. This project aimed to understand rapid crew transitions from a monitoring to a decision-making role, when asserting manual control of aircraft subsystems. Ten crews unknowingly flew a semicritical failure scenario in a full ...
Abstract. The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) methodology was applied to accident reports from three African countries: Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. In all, 55 of 72 finalized reports for accidents occurring ...
Abstract. The aim of the present paper is to introduce a simulation-based nontechnical skills training for air traffic controllers, by presenting the scientific analyses for the training development as well as the prototype training. The ...
Abstract. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are increasingly used in military operations. Successful operations, despite no human onboard, are heavily human-dependent. A review of Army UAS accidents was completed to evaluate the role of the ...
Abstract. The purpose of this work was to identify individual differences that affect aptitude requirements for jobs involving autonomous systems and human–automation interaction (HAI). This was addressed in two stages. First, we conducted ...
Abstract. Linguistic and operational experts reviewed accident investigation reports covering a 22-year period (1990–2012) revealing that language factors impact aviation safety in a variety of ways, in contexts extending beyond pilot and ...
Abstract: Aviation psychology and human factors have made a significant contribution to aviation safety since the beginning of flying. Following the Germanwings tragedy in 2015, the professions have received extra attention from both ...
Abstract: We investigated whether deliberately going beyond alarms during aerodynamic stall recovery exercises may result in negative training. Two groups of 20 airline pilots received stall recovery training in a moving-base simulator. ...