2024-2025 / PSYC0044-2

Human factors and systems reliability

Duration

25h Th, 5h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in psychology, professional focus in cognitive and behavioural neuroscience4 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus in clinical psychology4 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus in social, occupational and organizational psychology4 crédits 
 Master in psychology, professional focus4 crédits 

Lecturer

Anne-Sophie Nyssen

Substitute(s)

Ninon Puttaert

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Human error is often identified as the first cause of accident nowadays. This course is about human reliability in complex systems. It presents the researches on human error and identify the individual, group and organizational factors that infuence safety. We learn how to analyze an accident taking into account the complexity of the work situation.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Mastering of the reseaches on human reliability : fondamental researches, basic concepts and methods of accident analyse.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Oral présentation of theory, mock case analysis.
Oral presentation of a chapter of the book.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Course materials and recommended or required readings


Further information:

Lecture : Human error by J. Reason , Cambridge University Press 1990.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Further information:

Oral exam on course theory, Reason's book, and presentation of the analysis of an accident. Individual or collective exam (max. two).

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

ninon.puttaert@uliege.be

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