Participate in the 2022 Health Care Symposium Career Fair
The Health Care Symposium Career Fair features an online platform where employers and job seekers will be flagged as attending the on-site Career Fair in New Orleans. Job seekers and employers will connect via our Career Fair site ahead of time to make plans to meet face to face during this year’s symposium at a time they arrange via the portal. Space for on-site interviewing is only available to companies with open jobs posted on the HFES Career site or who are registered via that site to search resumes. Links to the Career Fair portal follow. Participants will need to login to their HFES member account to register and to share their resume with potential employers.
Job Seekers will have the opportunity to meet top-employers and to interview for several positions during the Health Care Symposium. Meet with the people who actually make the hiring decisions. Sign up for our career fair and prepare to make a first impression that leads to a lasting career.
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The Career Fair is sponsored by Intuitive. |
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Apply to be a Student Volunteer at the HFES Health Care Symposium
We are looking for a group of students to volunteer at the HFES Health Care Symposium, taking place March 20-23 in New Orleans, LA. Students who volunteer 4 hours of time will be eligible to receive a 50% refund on registration following the conference. Spaces are limited and applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis. Below are a list of available opportunities:
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Session Monitor: Take a head count for each session you are assigned to; alert HFES organizers of AV or HVAC issues in the rooms you are monitoring; notify HFES organizers/security if people are unmasked during sessions.
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Social Media Ambassadors: Commit to creating four to five social media posts per day and tagging HFES; commit to live-tweeting a session; meet with HFES marketing team to provide a video testimonial about HFES membership or your experience at the conference.
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Badge Ribbon Table Monitor: Assist attendees with handing out badge ribbons.
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Bag Stuffing: Assist with stuffing bags that will be available upon registration. This opportunity must be done on Saturday, March 19.
Volunteer Guidelines:
- Student volunteer opportunities are only available for the live, in-person portion of the conference.
- Student volunteers who are chosen to assist in these areas will be assigned four-hour shifts. Each student chosen will be assigned one shift.
- Volunteers will need to sign in with HFES staff at the Registration/Member Help Desk area and sign out upon completion of your shift.
- Volunteers must already be registered for the conference.
- Chosen Volunteers will receive half of their conference registration fees refunded back to them at the conclusion of the live, in-person Annual Meeting.
- Chosen volunteers may list their assistance at the conference on their CV/resume as a volunteer experience.
- Spots are limited, so assignments will be made on a first come, first serve basis.
You may apply for one of these opportunities on HFES Connect. Student Volunteers will receive additional information via email regarding the details of their responsibilities and what to expect in New Orleans.
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Thank You to the Supporters of the HFES Health Care Symposium
We are just a few weeks away from the HFES International Health Care Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics. We'd like to recognize and thank the supporters who help made this event happen. Be sure to check out the exhibit hall and learn more about these companies during your time at this year's event.
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Upcoming Webinar - President’s Corner: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Chris Reid and Dr. Chris Wilkie
Date: March 30
Time: 4:30 PM (PT) / 7:30 PM (ET)
Moderator: Dr. Rose Figueroa
Join Dr. Rose Figueroa, SHPEtinas Director for Region 7, HFES-SHPE Liaison, and Chair of HFES’ Disability and Chronic Injury Affinity Group in a discussion with HFES President Christopher R. Reid, and the CEO of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Chris Wilkie. The goal of this session is to explore challenges that both organizations face andexpose members of each society to different perspectives driven by the goals and needs of membership from each organization.
If you need any reasonable accommodating (i.e., live captioning, ALS interpreter) to attend this event please email Dr. Figueroa (rfigueroa@explico.com) as soon as possible.
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Submit Proposals to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Special Emphasis Notice
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a special emphasis notice (SEN) inviting health services research grant proposals to develop models of care that improve access, quality, and outcomes of care related to COVID-19 and post-acute sequalae from COVID-19 (PASC), also known as long COVID. In this SEN, AHRQ is interested in “applications that develop, implement, and evaluate interventions and models of care, including those targeting the specific needs and challenges of disadvantaged populations and people living with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC), that improve access, quality, and outcomes of care. Proposed studies may focus on the patient, clinician, practice, or system level interventions.” Multilevel interventions are encouraged, as are projects that produce and disseminate insights that can be used to improve patient care and inform healthcare delivery in routine operations and during public health emergencies.
AHRQ encourages applicants to submit proposals to this SEN using the standing R18, R03, and R01 (PA-18-793, PA-18-794, PA-18-795) funding mechanisms. The SEN is active until February 14, 2025.
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What Makes You Unique? Update Your Profile Today!
The HFES website and member profile area helps HFES better serve the membership and helps members to stay better connected to each other.
The Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Council of Affinity Groups invites and encourages every member of HFES to visit this portal to complete or update his/her/their demographic profile.
HFES’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is a commitment to recognizing and celebrating the variety of characteristics that make individuals unique. One means of fulfilling this commitment is to document and regularly review our demographics, in order to know who is in our big tent and who we are missing, because we should not be missing anyone. We are a data-driven science. Please assist us in collecting this vital data on you, our valued members.
Login to your member account here.
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Human Centered AI by Ben Shneiderman. Oxford University Press, 2022
Review by Christopher Wickens, February 18, 2022
HCAI is a book that, not surprisingly given the title, strongly adopts a perspective that is quite compatible with the beliefs and values of the human factors community. In his well-written, enjoyable and easy-to-read book he echoes many points that have been made by this community for 40 years, with its origins in aviation psychology, beginning with the pioneering work of Earl Wiener, Charlie Billings, Raja Parasuraman, Nadine Sarter, John Lee and others. His writing nicely complements this approach grounded in engineering psychology, with that from the computer science perspective.
Shneiderman is a highly credentialed computer scientist, who has gained a great deal of respect within the computer science community, initially with his excellent work on data visualization. Throughout the book, he laments that much of the CS community pays little regard for the human user; and his principled devotion imparted in this book is to turn their attention toward greater heed to human centered issues in artificial intelligence. He is an optimist that this will happen.
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Renew Your HFES Membership for 2022
It’s not too late to renew your membership with HFES. Please renew if you have not yet done so to remain part of a growing network of those with a common interest in the design of systems, organizations, jobs, machines, tools, and consumer products for safe, efficient, and comfortable human use.
We would be grateful for our members to consider Contributing or Supporting membership when they renew. These programs provide special recognition and are valuable to HFES in helping us advance our mission. And please do not forget to renew your Technical Group membership or even consider joining a new TG.
HFES will offer many exciting offerings and educational activities in 2022. Be sure to renew today so you don't miss out!
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National Standards Development Ideas Sought for Guide
National Standards are being developed for manufacturers, testing labs, and purchasers to determine if products are suitable for use applications. Products and systems that have humans as users or components require standards that are sensitive to the variability that may be unintentionally introduced by experimenters and subjects.
ASTM F48 committee is initiating the development of a Human Factors Guide for Developing Standard Test Methods. We need the ideas and contributions of HF professionals, students, and faculty who have pondered these human variability issues in research and product usability studies. We don’t want your ideas left out. Volunteer to be included in the advisory committee for this first-of-a-kind guide. Send your contact information to working group head and HFES Fellow, Bob Sugarman, at rcspsi@aol.com or telephone Bob at (716) 445-0501.
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Topic for the 2022 Human Factors Prize Competition Announced
The Human Factors Prize was established in 2010 by Editor-in-Chief William S. Marras to recognize excellence in HF/E research through an annual competition in which authors are invited to submit papers on a specific topic for that year. The prize carries a $5,000 cash award and consideration of publication of the winning paper in the Society's journal, Human Factors. The award is formally conferred at a special session at the HFES International Annual Meeting, where the recipient presents his or her work.
The Topic for the 2022 Human Factors Prize Competition is: Equity and Inclusivity
Submissions are accepted between May 13 and June 17, 2022. HFES will activate the submission site link on May 13 and will close it on June 15.
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Apply to Become a Fellow of HFES
Fellow is the highest recognition bestowed by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Annually, the Fellows Selection Committee invites applicants to join the College of Fellows and be designated FHFES. Election to the College of Fellows is an honor conferred by distinguished colleagues to recognize outstanding achievement, consistently superior professional performance, exceptional contributions, personal service to the Society, and other meritorious accomplishments by Society members.
Any Full member of the Society in good standing may apply. Individuals may apply on their own behalf, or they may submit an application on behalf of another member.
The 2022 Fellow Application period is open. Completed submission packets will be accepted only via the online submission site. The submission deadline is 11:59 pm Eastern time, Friday, March 18, 2022.
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HFES Seeks Nominees for Prestigious Society Awards
HFES Full Members and Fellows are invited to submit nominations for eight Society awards to be presented at the 66th International Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 10 – 14, 2022.
Award nominations are invited for individuals whose contributions merit special recognition. The eight awards for which nominees are sought are:
- Hal W. Hendrick Distinguished International Colleague Award
- Paul M. Fitts Education Award
- R. Lauer Safety Award
- Alexander C. Williams, Jr., Design Award
- Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award
- Oliver Keith Hansen Outreach Award
- William C. Howell Young Investigator Award
- Bentzi Karsh Early-Career Service Award
Nominees are not required to be HFES members, but only members of HFES may submit nominations. The nomination submission deadline for each award above is Thursday, March 31.
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The Classic Handbook of Human Factors And Ergonomics
The Classic Handbook of Human Factors And Ergonomics, Salvendy, G. and Karwowski, W. (Eds.), 2021, Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 5th ed., has just been published and is being translated and published in Chinese by Tsinghua Press in China and into Arabic by the Obeikan Publishing in Saudi Arabia.
The Forward to the Handbook written by HFES Fellow Donald A. Norman. In it he shares:
"If you don’t know human factors, this is a great way to find the parts relevant to your work. And even if you are an expert, this book will be valuable because it is unlikely that you are expert at all the topics covered here, yet very likely you will need some of the ones you are not (yet) expert at. I follow my own advice. I consider myself an expert (I am a Fellow of the Human Factors Society), but I still learn each time I read from these pages. So, yes, grit your teeth and buy the book."
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Volunteer with HFES
Interested in getting more involved with HFES? Check out our new Volunteer Opportunities page on HFES Connect! HFES is now piloting a new Volunteer Opportunities tool on HFES Connect – your space to explore trending topics from the community and where you can connect with fellow members. Many more opportunities will be posted over time, so be sure to check back often.
Please note: you must be logged into HFES Connect to view this page.
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Enhance Your Knowledge Through the HFES Learning Center
Our wide-ranging library includes online educational activities across the spectrum of human factors and ergonomics aimed at improving your knowledge and practice, many of which are complimentary and a benefit of membership in the Society.
This online resource will help you to find new knowledge points based on your areas of interest, and help you record your progress as you work your way through session and recording packages.
Additional features include recorded sessions from previous years’ HFES meetings and symposia, webinars featuring experts sharing their latest research and works, DEI webinars and other on-demand learning opportunities to enhance your skills, advance your career and maintain your professional certifications.
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Ranjana Mehta Receives Early-Career Fellowship
Ranjana Mehta received the Early-Career Research Fellowships for the Offshore Energy Safety track of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program to expand her research on worker fatigue as a major source of systemic risk impacting offshore safety.
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HFES wants to promote the important achievements of our members in the bi-weekly Bulletin. Appropriate topics include research milestones or other significant achievements, professional accolades, awards or recognitions, promotions or new positions, and similar professionally-oriented topics. If you would like to share news with the HFES community, please fill out the form.
Additionally, if you are made aware of the passing of any members of HFES, please let us know. Contact HFES Executive Director Steven Kemp at skemp@hfes.org.
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