The 4th National Human Factors in Patient Safety conference will bring together a community of Human Factors in Patient Safety advocates across Ireland and abroad. Don’t miss the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and insights from Human Factors experts. Please note that our conference will be hybrid (Face to face and online).
Speakers for our highly anticipated 4th National Human Factors in Patient Safety Conference on Friday, 25 October 2024 from 2pm – 5pm will include:
Dr Dale Whelehan Keynote Speaker
Dr. Dale Whelehan is a behavior scientist with a diverse range of experience comprising human capital, culture, change management, workforce experience, performance consulting, organisational behaviour, and representation and rights.Having originally trained as a physiotherapist, Dale completed a PhD exploring the impact of fatigue and sleep deprivation in healthcare workers, particularly surgeons, and has published extensively in this field. More recently, Dale was a senior human capital consultant for Deloitte Ireland where he specialised in behavioural science implementation to enable large-scale organisational change.
Dr Helan Bevan OBE Keynote speaker
Dr Helen Bevan OBE has been supporting quality improvement within the health and care system for nearly 30 years. She has led and facilitated many nationwide initiatives to improve care, including in cancer services, urgent and emergency care, services for people living with dementia and care in the community. Helen has demonstrated a constancy of purpose and resilience to stay within the system over the years that is rare in internal change agents. She has managed to keep learning, growing and delivering change. Over time, her focus has shifted from managing big programmes of change to approaches that mobilise and build energy and commitment to change on a very large scale.
Professor Eva Doherty Chair
Professor Eva Doherty is the Director of Human Factors in Patient Safety, RCSI. EvA has the responsibility for the design, coordination and delivery of the Human Factors in Patient Safety training and postgraduate education in the college. Surgeons and Emergency Medicine doctors in postgraduate training are required to attend RCSI for mandatory Human Factors in Patient Safety training for two to three days each year for up to eight years of their postgraduate training. In addition, Prof Eva Doherty designs and delivers courses for Non-Consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs) and has innovated an inter-professional two year part-time master's degree in Human Factors in Patient Safety. There are also a range of Masterclasses available for Consultants each year. Interprofessional education and training are an important component of all programs and currently, the programmes include health professionals from surgery, emergency medicine, radiology, radiography, anaesthesiology, nursing, and pharmacy. I am a practicing Chartered Clinical Psychologist and my clinical experience informs my interest in clinical communication and in the mental health of health professionals.
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