1. Human Factors Scottish Ambulance Academy Gary Rutherford

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

3. Objectives UK Paramedic education Scottish Ambulance Service education HF in SAS programmes Next steps

4. 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.

5. HF in Academy programmes Cert HE – Routine Op, intro to error & NTS Dip HE – 1 day CRM course www.darttrm.co.ukwww.darttrm.co.uk BSc Para Practice – 10 point SCQF level 9 module

6. BSc Module Top up degree Facilitated on GCU Learn Directed reading & keynote lectures Written & poster assignments

7. Lessons learned so far Well received Definition / terminology confusion Context Need for pre-hospital specific material

8. Next steps for us Enhance knowledge of HF Collaboration e.g. SCSCHF www.scschf.orgwww.scschf.org Integrate Cert-Dip-BSc content Theory into practice – behavioural marker Qualified ambulance clinicians Evaluation

9. Thank you ? Gary Rutherford garyrutherford@nhs.net 07881 356443