Kinesiology 3457A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Task Analysis, Medical Device, Prosthesis

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3457A/B
• Professor: Anita Christie

Document Summary

Ie. microsoft has a human factors engineering lab that has been looking at technological wearables and how humans interact with them. Ie. north is a startup technology company that looks at human centric technology. Human factors specialist"s are required to: work with team members, design studies, run the studies, take ownership of studies, identify gaps and new ways to improve the design, etc. Us has high spending on health care canada is in the middle. Us has the worst health care performance canada is in the bottom 3 for overall performance (based on processes, access, ef ciency, equity, and health outcomes) Top 3 countries in terms of health care performance: uk, australia, netherlands. Bottom 3 countries in terms of health care performance: canada (even in performance relative to spending, france, usa. Recommendations from the national steering committee on patient safety: establish a canadian patient safety institute. 3: establish educational and professional development programs.