HCS 180 Usability and Human Factors
Human factors and ergonomics address how humans interact with systems. Systems designed using human factors are efficient, safe, and effective. The field of health information technology can benefit greatly from the integration of human factors in the systems design process You will be learning about usability and HIT systems, usability of health information systems, human factors, usability and ergonomics, consequences of excessive mental workload, systems-centered approach to error prevention, strategies to prevent usability problems, medical devices and human factors analysis and usability of electronic health record systems.
- Date:
- 2017-12-11
- Primary Material Type:
- Collection
- Other Material Types:
- Syllabus
- Institution:
- Hazard Community and Technical College
- Project Name:
- EPIC
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 4
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Jobs for the Future
- Industry Sector:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (62)
- Occupation:
- Healthcare Support Occupations (31-0000)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (51)
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Active - requires user to respond to prompts, questions, etc.
- Quality Rubric:
- Other
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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- Course Note:
- HCS 180 Usability and Human Factors
Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
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- Text Access - Text to Speech
- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Structural Markup - Navigation Text
- Structural Markup - Lists
- Table Markup
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Non-Decorative Images Have Alt Text
- Decorative Images Marked With Null Alt Text
Copyright / Licensing