The fifth National Human Factors in Patient Safety Conference is taking place on Friday, 26 September 2025.

The conference will bring together a community of Human Factors in Patient Safety advocates across Ireland and abroad, don’t miss the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and insights from Human Factors experts.

Speakers

• Prof. Dara Byrne, National Clinical Lead for Simulation HSE, Professor of Simulation, University of Galway
• Prof. Tanja Manser, Director of the School of Applied Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern, Switzerland

Registration

Register to attend the conference either in-person on virtually at the links below.

In-person

Online

Please note: Early bird tickets are available for a limited time.

Call for abstracts

We are now accepting abstracts to present at the National Human Factors in Patient Safety Conference. Please see submission guidelines for oral presentation competition below.

To be considered eligible all abstracts must:

• Be submitted in English
• Relate to a topic within human factors in patient safety

Categories for submission are:

1. Patient safety
2. Quality improvement
3. Organisational culture
4. Safety management systems
5. Diversity and inclusivity

Please note

• Submissions will be accepted in PDF format only
• Submissions must be under the 350 word limit
• Ensure submission contains the following headings:
  – Introduction: should reflect a rationale/why you did this work
  – Methods: should be a brief explanation of what was done and how it was done (this may include design, participants, data collection or a brief explanation of what you did or protocol used if a systematic review)
  – Results: should describe the main findings or outcomes and include data
  – Discussion: should define what the results mean in terms of the background knowledge or practice
• Include a maximum of four references
• Abstracts will not be eligible if no results are presented
• Successful candidates will be invited to present their findings as a 10-minute oral presentation at the conference.

The deadline for submissions is 5pm (IST) on 15 August 2025.

Please submit all abstracts to MScHumanFactorsPS@rcsi.com.