Human Factors Training in Aviation And Healthcare: What We Know Works Best and How to Put It into Practice

Abstract

Human factors and team training is indisputably relevant for specialists working together in high risk environments such as aviation and healthcare. Due to structural similarities, Crew Resource Management (CRM) training has been adapted from aviation and implemented in medical training. However, proof of its effectiveness remains difficult to obtain even though it is required in order to A) fully establish and raise acceptance of CRM training in healthcare and B) further improve the quality of existing training in aviation. Therefore key factors for team training effectiveness need to be systematically introduced into CRM training and tested to create new evidence. In this panel researchers and practitioners from both fields will discuss those factors and explain how they can be implemented into practice. A special focus will be given to facilitation, briefing and debriefing, which are training methods that have demonstrated to significantly increase trainee participation, stimulate self-reflection and enable skill transfer.