Bio: John Gosbee, MD, MS teaches human factors engineering (HFE) and patient safety at the University of Michigan Departments of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. He leads development of patient safety curriculum for several medical and surgical residencies. He teaches HFE for several BME design courses, including capstone design courses, observation course, and regulatory science. He also provides HFE consultation to UM research projects that involve new device design (e.g., teleophthalmology). He has been visiting professor at dozens of universities, including Penn, Johns Hopkins, and Yale University. He has received two national awards for patient safety design (ISMP’s “Cheers Award” and AAMI’s “Career Achievement Award”. Among dozens of other publications, he edited and co-wrote the book, Using Human Factors Engineering to Improve Patient Safety. Previously, Dr Gosbee worked at Department of Veterans Affairs - National Center for Patient Safety, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, and NASA on development of space-based medical facilities.

Abstract: Dr. Gosbee will present the theory and method behind teaching human factors engineering to learners at University of Michigan (and other venues). FDA and the marketplace expect that medical device design process will include human factors engineering (HFE). He will share lessons learned when teaching BME students about HFE, including usability testing and IEC standards during their capstone design project.

ACGME (residency program oversight group) now requires all residency programs will teach analysis of actual safety events to all residents. Many of these safety events involve devices and software - which require application of HFE concepts, standards, or methods. He will share lessons of teaching residents about using usability testing to analyze the safety issue (e.g., ultrasound machine design) and evaluate proposed redesigns (e.g., ECG machine interface).