Bad Human Factor Designs

In this essay I will be identifying three examples of bad human designs, describe why they are problematic and provide my own recommendations for correcting each particular problem. Human Factors and engineering psychologist study how people interact with machines and technology. As I read about human factor designs, the American Psychological Association (2015) informed me that "they use psychological science to guide the design of products, systems and devices we use everyday while often focusing on the performance and safety. The Phycologist apply the science of phycology to improve our interactions with the systems and equipment we use daily." The first example of of bad human factors designs are medical carts. I am employed at Laurel Ridge Treatment Center where we use medical carts. Medical Carts are used to store medication for the patients to use. When patients are given their medication, it is documented on a paper binder that sits on the medication cart. I chose this example because this type of system can cause many medical errors, loss or stolen medication and worse of all, giving a …show more content…
The problem that I have is that same road is also being used by vehicles on the highway if that makes any sense. Yes, oncoming traffic is suppose to yield but if a driver drives on the highway slowly you can possibly get hit by a fast driver that refuses to switch lanes. If you get on the highway at a fast speed then you might have trouble getting on which can cause a preventable disaster. I think that cars should be given an adequate amount of time to drive into traffic, therefore by providing the same road from the access road to be used for oncoming traffic for a short while until they can make their way into traffic. I believe this will reduce accidents and be less stressful for the drivers. Most roads are made this way and so should