Human Factors

Scottish Ambulance Academy

Gary Rutherford

How I got here•Not an expert•Crew Resource Management•HEMS Education

Objectives

•UK Paramedic education

•Scottish Ambulance Service education

•HF in SAS programmes

•Next steps

Paramedic Education

•SAS Academy in Glasgow Caledonian Uni

•Move towards Higher Education Institutes

•College of Paramedics Curriculum Guidance

- Patient Safety–Reduction of human error–Human Factors–Teamwork, leadership, stress,information processing.

HF in Academy programmes

•Cert HE – Routine Op, intro to error & NTS

•Dip HE – 1 day CRM course www.darttrm.co.uk

•BSc Para Practice – 10 point SCQF level 9 module

BSc Module

•Top up degree

•Facilitated on GCU Learn

•Directed reading & keynote lectures

•Written & poster assignments

Lessons learned so far

•Well received

•Definition / terminology confusion

•Context

•Need for pre-hospital specific material

Next steps for us

•Enhance knowledge of HF

•Collaboration e.g. SCSCHF www.scschf.org

•Integrate Cert-Dip-BSc content

•Theory into practice – behavioural marker

•Qualified ambulance clinicians

•Evaluation

Thank you

?Gary Rutherford

garyrutherford@nhs.net

07881 356443