Baily & Love 15: Human Factors, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Many surgical errors arise not from lack of knowledge, but from system failures. This episode explores human factors, patient safety, and quality improvement as core surgical competencies.We discuss teamwork, communication, fatigue, situational awareness, and cognitive load — alongside tools such as checklists, briefings, and incident reporting. The episode emphasises psychological safety and learning cultures over blame.This chapter reframes safety as a collective responsibility, showing how thoughtful system design allows good clinicians to do good work — even under pressure. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmanaankarray.substack.com/subscribe