Deck 12: Future Trends in Human Factors

Question 1

Out of approximately 10,000 adverse events with robotic surgery, what percentage of incidences led to death?

A) Approximately 1%
B) Approximately 10%
C) Approximately 30%
D) Approximately 50%

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What does the acronym SEIPS stand for?

A) Safe Engagement of Interactive Patient Systems
B) Systems Engineering in Patient Safety
C) Systems Engineering in Provider Satisfaction
D) Sociotechnical Engineering in Patient Systems
E) None of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Complex systems are:

A) Highly complicated but knowable
B) Simplistic and unknowable
C) Highly complicated and unknowable
D) Simplistic and knowable

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The SEIPS model is an example of an IPOI model. What does IPOI stand for?

A) Input-Performance-Output-Input
B) Improvement-Process-Outcomes-Integration
C) Input-Process-Output-Investigation
D) Input-Process-Output-Input

Question 5

A handover is:

A) The transition of a patient from one provider to another
B) The transition of an EMR under one provider to another
C) A specific type of surgical procedure
D) A medical error

Question 6

Handoff protocols are compared to what aviation tool in the chapter?

A) Autopilot
B) Checklists
C) Air traffic control
D) Cockpit

Question 7

A team can be best defined as:

A) A group of people with common interests
B) A set of two or more individuals working towards shared goals
C) A large dynamic group that has conflicting goals
D) A group of experts

Question 8

KSAs in regards to teamwork stand for:

A) Knowing, Seeing, Adjusting
B) Knowledge, skills, and abilities
C) Knowledge, Systems, and Advisement
D) Knowledge, skills, and attitudes

Question 9

A team participates in teamwork, while individuals participate in:

A) Skills
B) Knowledge
C) Performance
D) Taskwork

Question 10

Telemedicine is usually the:

A) Provision of care over long distances
B) The use of a telephone in medicine
C) Face to face healthcare
D) The use of devices in surgery

Question 11

The science that studies the information around patient health is:

A) Telemedicine
B) Patient Safety
C) Systems Engineering
D) Bioinformatics

Question 12

EMRs bring all but which of the following to healthcare:

A) Computer access to patient records
B) Regular updates to patient health
C) A solution for knowing drug allergies
D) Ensure providers spend more time with patients

Question 13

Contradictory goals in healthcare refer to:

A) Differences between provider practical needs and organizational constraints
B) Differences in opinions between providers about a patient's health
C) Differences between unit expectations of patient outcomes
D) All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following constructs in Salas's 9 C's model best fit with the idea of transitions of care:

A) Coaching
B) Context
C) Coordination
D) Communication
E) C & D

Question 15

Which of the following was not one of the "C's" mentioned from Salas's teamwork research?

A) Coaching
B) Creativity
C) Communication
D) Coordination

Question 16

The increased use of automated systems is driven by

A) Sophisticated software algorithms
B) Lighter, smaller, cheaper, and powerful electronic sensors.
C) Need to improve efficiency and reduce the potential for human error
D) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is not an example of an early application of automation?

A) Energy production
B) Industrial processes
C) aviation
D) consumer products

Question 18

Which of following is not a limitation of automation?

A) operators are expected to monitor the system to identify system malfunctions
B) Automation often requires the user to learn skills that were not necessary before
C) Automation does not suffer fatigue or form inattention
D) Automation introduces the possibility of new types of operator errors

Question 19

Google has also publicly stated a goal of producing a car without a steering wheel, and gas and brake pedals for driving around town.

A) This level of automation would corresponds to level 5 of the NHTSA automation scale
B) This level of automation would corresponds to level 4 of the NHTSA automation scale
C) This level of automation would corresponds to level 3 of the NHTSA automation scale
D) This level of automation would corresponds to level 2 of the NHTSA automation scale

Question 20

According to the text level ____ automation could significantly reduce crashes and injuries due to driver distraction, impaired driving, or recklessness.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 21

The crash of Air France flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while on route from Rio de Janeiro Brazil to Paris France highlighted the potential effects of automation on
A) The maintenance of basic flying skills

A) Pilot trust of automation
B) Pilot mistrust of automation
C) Pilot understanding of the operations of automation

Question 22

Concerns regarding the use of automation include

A) The operators understanding of the limitations and capability of the automation
B) The effect of using automation on an operators skills and proficiency
C) The operators alertness and preparedness to take over should the automation fail
D) All of the above

Question 23

Which of the following is an example of a gesture recognition system?

A) A keyboard
B) A computer mouse
C) The Kinetc game system
D) The Siri voice recognition system

Question 24

Brain control interfaces (BCI's) work by identifying

A) the user's thoughts or goals
B) a specific pattern of brain activity that the user has learned to reliably produce.
C) Reading the thoughts of the user
D) All of the above

Question 25

The area of study called ________ is concerned with the activity of the brain when an operator is performing work.

A) Neuroergonomics
B) Ergonomics
C) Neuroscience
D) Human factors

Question 26

Developments in neuroergonomics might allow

A) The monitoring an operator's neural activity to identify their current cognitive workload.
B) The monitoring of human cognitive activity to determine whether the operator is aware of an alarm or warning.
C) The identification of different types of cognitive work enabling systems to anticipate the user needs and make available information without the user's explicit request.
D) None of the above.