Browsing by Author "O'Connor, Paul"
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of the U.S Navy's crew resource management program
O'Connor, Paul (Inderscience, 2012)Although every U.S. Naval aviator receives annual Crew Resource Management (CRM) training designed to improve mission effectiveness, the program has not been formally evaluated in the last decade. To assess the adequacy ... -
Excuse me: teaching junior doctors to speak up.
O'Connor, Paul; Byrne, Dara; O'Dea, Angela (SAGE Journals, 2013)A consistent finding in healthcare is that juniors are unwilling to 'speak up' to seniors. Training designed to encourage junior doctors to speak up was designed, delivered, and evaluated. The training was constructed ... -
Hand hygiene compliance in the intensive care unit: A systematic review
Lambe, Kathryn Ann; Lydon, Sinéad; Madden, Caoimhe; Vellinga, Akke; Hehir, Aoife; Walsh, Mary; O'Connor, Paul (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2019-09)Abstract Objectives: To synthesize the literature describing compliance with World Health Organization hand hygiene guidelines in ICUs, to evaluate the quality of extant research, and to examine differences in compliance ... -
Healthcare ‘Fit’ and autism: An examination of barriers to, and experiences of, physical healthcare for people on the autism spectrum
Walsh, Chloe (NUI Galway, 2021-07-04)Autistic individuals experience substantial health inequities, reflected in poorer health outcomes and higher mortality rates. One suggested determinant of this health inequity is issues in access to healthcare. This thesis, ... -
HFACS with an additional level of granularity: validity and utility in accident analysis.
O'Connor, Paul (2008)Introduction: This paper represents an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of the Department of Defense's Human Factors Analysis and Classification (DOD-HFACS) system. DOD-HFACS delineates the human factors causes of ... -
Identifying and addressing the limitations of safety climate surveys
O'Connor, Paul; Buttrey, Samuel E.; O'Dea, Angela; Kennedy, Quinn (Elsevier BV, 2011-08-01) -
Identifying and addressing the limitations of safety climate surveys.
O'Connor, Paul (Elsevier, 2011-06)This paper reports the descriptive analysis of a large sample of safety climate survey data (n = 110,014) collected over 10 years from U.S. Naval aircrew using the Command Safety Assessment Survey (CSAS). -
Identifying and addressing the limitations of safety climate surveys.
O'Connor, Paul (Elsevier, 2011-06)There are a variety of qualitative and quantitative tools for measuring safety climate. However, questionnaires are by far the most commonly used methodology. This paper reports the descriptive analysis of a large sample ... -
Identifying the team skills required by nuclear operations personnel.
O'Connor, Paul (Elsevier, 2008-11)The purpose of this study was to identify the team skills required by nuclear power plant operations team members. An initial domain familiarization consisted of a review of company documentation, observations in the control ... -
Impact of working 48 h per week on opportunities for training and patient contact: the experience of irish interns
O'Connor, Paul; Lydon, Sinéad; Offiah, Gozie; Ahern, Sean; Moloney, Brian; Byrne, Dara (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015-09-29)Objective: The European Working Time Regulations (EWTR) have been criticized for its purported negative impact on the training of junior doctors. The aim of this study was to examine the amount of time interns spent engaging ... -
Impact of working 48 hours per week on opportunities for training and patient contact: the experience of Irish interns
O'Connor, Paul; Ahern, Sean; Moloney, Brian; Lydon, Sinéad; Byrne, Dara (Oxford University Press, 2015-09-29)Objective. The European Working Time Regulations (EWTR) have been criticised for its purported negative impact on the training of junior doctors. The aim of this study was to examine the amount of time interns spent ... -
Initial psychometric evaluation of a psychological resilience measure for physicians
O'Connor, Paul; Lydon, Sinéad; Byrne, Dara (Taylor and Francis, 2019-10-20)Measures of Psychological Resilience (PR) for use with physician populations are lacking. The objective of this study is to develop and assess the validity and internal consistency of a survey designed to measure the ... -
Interns and their smartphones: use for clinical practice
O'Connor, Paul; Byrne, Darra; Butt, M.; Lydon, S.; Stewart, Brian; Kerin, M. J. (Medscape, 2014)Purpose of the study Smartphone use among healthcare professionals has become widespread and will continue to grow in the coming years.Study design In October 2012, a survey was distributed to 230 interns at two of the ... -
Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the ICU: A systematic review
Lydon, Sinéad; Power, Michael; McSharry, Jennifer; Byrne, Molly; Madden, Caoimhe; Squires, Janet Elaine; O'Connor, Paul (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-11)Objectives: To synthesize the literature describing interventions to improve hand hygiene in ICUs, to evaluate the quality of the extant research, and to outline the type, and efficacy, of interventions described. Data ... -
An introduction to human factors for healthcare workers
O'Connor, Paul; O'Dea, Angela (Health Services Executive, 2021-11-20)This document: (1) provides a comprehensive overview of human factors; (2) supports healthcare workers to identify the human factors issues in their workplace; (3) supports the identification of the human factors contributors ... -
Irish policy-makers' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to hand hygiene compliance
Madden, Caoimhe; Lydon, Sinéad; Lambe, Kathryn; O'Connor, Paul (Irish Medical Organisation, 2019-04)Introduction Despite its’ role in infection prevention, hand hygiene (HH) compliance rates in healthcare settings remain sub-optimal. Little research has examined policy-makers’ perceptions of contributory barriers and ... -
Learning from complaints about hospital care
O'Dowd, Emily; Lydon, Sinéad; Lambe, Kathryn; Vellinga, Akke; Rudland, Chris; Ahern, Elaine; Hilton, Aoife; Ward, Marie E.; Kane, Maria; Reader, Tom; Gillespie, Alex; Vaughan, David; Slattery, Dubhfeasa; O'Connor, Paul (National University of Ireland Galway, 2022)Complaints are often seen as a negative experience in healthcare, with patients or family members writing about poor experiences of care, or things that went wrong. These things that go wrong may be small issues or ... -
Measuring and improving patient safety in general practice in Ireland
Curran, Ciara Maria Patricia (NUI Galway, 2019-11-15)Due to the large volume of primary care consultations and increasing patient complexity, there is substantial potential for unintentional patient harm. Measuring and monitoring of safety is essential to identify the ... -
Measuring safety climate in aviation: A review and recommendations for the future
O'Connor, Paul (2011)This paper reviews 23 studies that have examined safety climate within commercial and military aviation. The safety climate factors identified in the aviation safety climate questionnaires were found to be consistent with ... -
Measuring safety climate in the aviation industry: A review and recommendations for the future.
O'Connor, Paul (Elsevier, 2011)This paper reviews 23 studies that have examined safety climate within commercial and military aviation. The safety climate factors identified in the aviation safety climate questionnaires were found to be consistent with ...