10/10 - 12/09/2022: Evidence-Based Human Factors and Ergonomics (ERG110)

October 10, 2022 - December 9, 2022

With Carisa Harris, PhD, CPE

Director, UCSF/UCB Ergonomics Research & Graduate Training Program

 This course is designed to prepare you to be a competent consumer of research by applying a thorough critique of various papers and applying conclusions from published research into ergonomic practice. You will read various research articles and identify the study objectives, aims, and hypotheses as well as critique the study methods for appropriate study design, generalizability, sources of bias, and threats to validity. You will also learn about observational studies (cross-sectional, prospective, retrospective, and case-control), intervention (parallel and multi-factorial randomized control trials, cross-over studies), reliability and validity studies. Approaches to statistical analysis for parametric and non-parametric data and interpretation of effect estimates from analyses using ANOVAs, correlation, and logistic/linear regression will be presented. Finally, you will apply your knowledge through developing a simple study/project with an objective, aims and testable hypotheses and methodology based on a question of interest and need at a current or future worksite/place.

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09/28/22: Past as Prologue: How the History of Occupational Illness and Injury Teaches Us about Where We are Today

September 28, 2022

12 - 1 PM Pacific

With Paul D. Blanc, MD, MSPH

University of California San Francisco

 The history of occupational illness and injury is fundamentally the story of how technological change modifies the ways in which the environment of employment puts workers at risk. Sometimes change makes the environment inherently safer, but all too often there are obvious and not-so-obvious hazards that accompany innovation. This presentation will examine the history of occupational illness and injury to become more alert to the warning signs of newly emerging, novel hazards.

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