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Dr Jonathan Back

Researcher co-investigator on CHI+MED Location: Room 8.18 University College London Malet Place Engineering Building (8th Floor), London, WC1E 6BT, U.K Telephone: +44 20 7679 0644 (x 30644) Email: j.back @ [ucl.ac.uk]

"Interaction design that better supports the cognitive capabilities of individuals and small teams facilitates the avoidance, detection, and recovery of human error."

To 'err' is human

I wish to further develop an understanding of human error associated with the use of interactive medical devices. 

My research builds on: 

1. aggregated knowledge of resilience across safety-critical domains;
2. identification of workarounds that are developed to avoid error;
3. findings of controlled experiments, which enable systematic patterns of error to be predicted.

Current focus

How do we go about predicting an error before it actually happens?

When a task is a well-learnt routine people generally make very few errors. After a disruption, however, some errors occur more frequently. 

Based on theoretical accounts of goal-directed behaviour, candidate predictors of human performance can be selected. 

Real-time monitoring of interaction may well allow interfaces to dynamically generate cues to support error free performance.

Introduction to human error and resilience

CV and short bio

December 2010

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