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Professional Skills And Implementation (CIEHF Competence 5) Episodes

Understands role of E/HF in change strategies.
Develops appropriate recommendations for education and training in relation to E/HF principles
Supervises the application and evaluation of an E/HF plan.
Shows a commitment to ethical practice and high standards of performance and acts in accordance with legal requirements.
Oct. 8, 2024

Meet the President of the IEA - An interview with Andrew Thatcher

Andrew Thatcher, the newly elected president of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) shares his background and his vision for the IEA in the next three years.

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July 12, 2024

Aerospace Wales and Human Factors - An interview with Rachael Blackbu…

Rachael Blackburn, Director of Aerospace Wales, gives us an insight into the organisation and how HF practitioners within Wales can get involved.

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June 28, 2024

Think Human - Planning the CIEHF 75th

Some of the team behind the upcoming Think Human Exhibition share what its about, what we can expect to see and how we can engage with it. With Mark Young, Ella-Mae Hubbard and Ellie King.

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June 13, 2024

When Podcasts Collide - An interview with Sara Pazell

Sara Pazell is not only a Human Factors practitioner in Australia, and Barry wanted to chat about her perspectives on HF application but she is also a co-host on the Why Work Podcast, and they chat about that too.

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May 6, 2024

Transatlantic Health Human Factors - An interview with Ken Catchpole

Ken discusses with Barry, the challenges and similarities of Healthcare Human Factors in both the UK and USA.

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March 3, 2024

Early HF Careers in Canada - An interview with Madeline Shoot

Madeline Shoot gives us an insight into what its like being an Early Careers Human Factors Practitioner in Canada.

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Nov. 26, 2023

Consulting in Human Factors - An interview with Brendan Hazlett

Barry talks with Brendan Hazlett about what it means to be a Consultant in the HF world, what the role is about and why he finds it an interesting career route.

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Oct. 15, 2023

HFESA - The Presidents Perspective - An interview with Sharon Todd

Sharon Todd gives us an insight into her background and career, as well as giving us insights into the challenges for HF in Australia.

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Aug. 21, 2023

Balancing Academia and industry in Human Factors - An interview with …

Marks career has experiences from both sides of Industry and Academia and as he goes into his new role, he takes the time to reflect on how both sides can work together.

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May 16, 2023

Driving the CIEHF - An interview with the CEO Ben Peachey

Ben Peachey is the CEO of the CIEHF. In this interview he gives us insights into why he was keen to apply for the role, what he has achieved to date and where he sees the Institute going under his leadership.

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March 6, 2023

The Clinical Human Factors Group - An Interview with Martin Bromiley …

Martin Bromiley talks about his determination for more Human Factors in the medical domain and the formation of the Clinical Human Factors Group (CHFG).

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Dec. 28, 2022

2022 in review - What have you been engaging with?

2022 has been a year of, hopefully positive, change, with 20 episodes covering a wide range of topics. In this review, Barry highlights some of the most popular.

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Nov. 27, 2022

The CIEHF - behind the scenes - An interview with Tina Worthy

Tina Worthy is the COO of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. She shares with us just how the organisation has achieved so much especially considering the relatively small number of staff, and where she s...

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Aug. 15, 2022

Publishing Human Factors books - An interview with Bob Bridger

We all have our "go to" reference book: but how do you go about writing and publishing such a thing? Past President of the CIEHF, Robert Bridger, gives us an insight into the art of writing, publishing and updating Human Factors books.

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June 6, 2022

HFES - The Presidents Perspective - An interview with Chris Reid

Chris Reid is the Human Factors and Ergonomics Boeing Technical Fellow within the Environment, Health and Safety organization at Boeing. He is also the current President at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). In this interview,

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May 23, 2022

Ergonomics and Human Factors Conference 2022 - Review

Barry talks to attendees and some of the key people behind the scenes about putting together EHF 2022 and what they thought of the result. Fair warning, this is the first time ever that Barry has put together a multi-person interview/montage and also first time using a complex media editor (in t…

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Jan. 18, 2022

What does 2022 hold?

An introduction to the 2022 programme, what can be expected and what are the opportunities.

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Dec. 20, 2021

Review of 2021 - With Jo Polson

We look back not only at 2021, but at all the podcasts to date and pick our favourites, as well as look at the other statistics such a location and popularity.

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Dec. 6, 2021

CPD in 2021 - An Interview with Fiona Cayzer

CPD deadlines are looming for 2021 and Dr. Fiona Cayzer gives us some insights into what we should be doing by the end of December. We also learn about what the Professional Affairs Board does in the CIEHF as well as about how she got into Human Factors.

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Nov. 28, 2021

What goes on under the bonnet of an Ergonomics Conference?

An interview with Dr. Nora Balfe, and Dr David Golightly, the co-Chairs of the Conference Proceedings about what goes on in the background of organising the Ergonomics Conference and what 2022 is shaping up like.

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Nov. 1, 2021

When Podcasts Collide: Human Factors Cast. An interview with Nick Ro…

Nick Roome is the creator and main host of Human Factors Cast, a weekly Human Factors podcast that looks at current news and events in the HF domain. In this interview he explains how the podcast came to being, how the different elements of it works,

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Feb. 1, 2021

Continuing Professional Development in 2021 with Martin Thody

2020 certainly delivered its own curveball challenges on many working fronts and trying to do Continuing Professional Development (CPD) from the bedroom or kitchen table was certainly "interesting".  In this podcast, I am joined by Martin Thody, who is the CIEHF CPD lead, to talk about what CPD loo…

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