Browsing The Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change (Scholarly Articles) by Author "O'Connor, Paul"
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Addressing human error within the Irish healthcare system.
O'Connor, Paul; Keogh, Ivan (Irish Medical Organisation, 2011-02)Research shows that human error, as opposed to mechanical failure, is the major causal factor of industrial and transportation accidents. The same is true in healthcare. This paper briefly discusses five human error reduction ... -
A Comparison of Leading and Lagging Indicators of Safety In Naval Aviation
O'Connor, Paul (2010-07)Background: The purpose of this paper is to examine the results of two different methods of identifying human factors safety concerns in U.S. Naval aviation. In both studies, the information was collected using the Department ... -
Coping with stress in military aviation: A review of the research.
O'Connor, Paul (2010)Military aviation exacts a costly toll in psychological stress from those who choose to pursue the occupation (Stokes & Kite, 1994). A prime example is landing on an aircraft carrier, a task which physiological indices and ... -
Crew resource management training effectiveness: A meta-analysis and some critical needs
O'Connor, Paul (Taylor and Francis, 2008)Empirical studies of crew resource management (CRM) training effectiveness were subjected to meta-analysis. Sixteen CRM evaluation studies were found to fulfill the a priori criteria for inclusion in the meta-analysis. The ... -
Crew resource management training for offshore teams
O'Connor, Paul; Flin, Rhona (2003) -
Developing a method for evaluating CRM skills: A European perspective.
O'Connor, Paul (Taylor & Francis, 2002-11)The European Commission in conjunction with the European Joint Aviation Authorities (Human Factors Project Advisory Group) has been sponsoring a series of studies investigating a culturally robust method for the evaluation ... -
The development of a prototype behavioral marker system for U.S Navy Officers of the Deck
O'Connor, Paul (2011)The Officer of the Deck (OOD) of a U.S Navy ship is in charge of the safe and proper operation of the ship, and accountable to the Commanding Officer for every event that occurs during his or her OOD watch. This paper ... -
Evaluation of a Human Factors Analysis and Classification System as Used by Simulated Mishap Boards
O'Connor, Paul (2011)O'CONNOR P, WALKER P. Evaluation of a Human Factors Analysis and Classification System as used by simulated mishap boards. Aviat Space Environ Med 2011; 82:44-8.Background: The reliability of the Department of Defense Human ... -
Evaluation of a human factors analysis and classification system as used by trained raters.
O'Connor, Paul (2010-10)In this study 22 military officers used DOD-HFACS to classify information obtained from an interview with an individual who had been involved in an aviation incident in which the potential for serious injury had been high. -
An evaluation of the effectiveness of bridge resource management training
O'Connor, Paul (Taylor and Francis, 2011)Bridge Resource Management (BRM) is the maritime equivalent of crew resource management (CRM), and has been used in the civilian maritime industry for over a decade. An evaluation was carried out of the effectiveness of ... -
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 ... -
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 (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 ... -
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 ... -
A methodology for identifying human error in U.S. Navy diving accidents
O'Connor, Paul (2007)Objective: To better understand how human error contributes to U.S. Navy diving accidents. Background: An analysis of 263 U.S. Navy diving accident and mishap reports revealed that the human factors classifications were ... -
Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of CRM training: A literature review.
O'Connor, Paul (Ashgate, 2002)This review paper examines the methods used to evaluate Crew Resource Management (CRM) training in 48 published studies from aviation (40) and other industries. The training evaluation techniques are categorised in terms ... -
Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of CRM training: A survey of UK aviation operators.
O'Connor, Paul (2002)This study examines the techniques which UK aviation operators are employing to evaluate crew resource management (CRM) training. A questionnaire designed to elicit information on the methods used in industry to evaluate ... -
The nontechnical causes of diving accidents: Can U.S. Navy divers learn from other industries?
O'Connor, Paul (Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Society, 2007)Although U.S. Navy diving is remarkably safe, because of the high-risk environment in which military divers work, accidents and mishaps do occur. Failures in leadership and situation awareness (particularly in risk and ...