School staff
Dr Patrick Waterson
Senior Lecturer
Tel +44 (0)1509 228478
Email P.Waterson@lboro.ac.uk
Location LDS 1.12
Personal profile
Undergraduate degree in Psychology (Lancaster), followed by Masters in Knowledge-based Systems (Sussex) and PhD in Human-Computer Interaction (Nottingham).
Research Fellow and MRC Scientist at Sheffield University (1992-2002). Head of Department at Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (2002-2006). Appointed in Loughborough University 2007.
Research
Research Group: Design Ergonomics Research Group.
Research Interests
Systems ergonomics and the systems approach to patient safety; human factors issues associated with safety culture, organisational change and the use of technology in the healthcare industry. Job and Work design.
Current research
- Socio-technical systems and e-Health
- Evaluation and application of systems ergonomics to healthcare
- Measurement of Patient Safety Culture
- History of Ergonomics
Featured publications
Waterson, P.E., Glenn, Y. and Eason, K. (2012), Preparing the ground for the ‘Paperless Hospital’: A case study of medical records management in a UK Outpatient Services department. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 81, 114-129.
Waterson, P.E., Pilcher, C., Evans, S, and Moore, J. (2012), Developing safety signs for children on board trains. Applied Ergonomics, 43, 1, 254-265.
Waterson, P.E. (2011), World War II and other historical influences on the formation of the Ergonomics Research Society. Ergonomics, 54, 12, 1111-1129 (Impact Factor 1.416).
Waterson, P.E., Griffiths, P., Stride, C., Murphy, J. and Hignett, S. (2010), Psychometric properties of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety: Findings from the UK. BMJ:Quality and Safety in Health Care, 19, 1-5.
Waterson, P.E. (2010), Infection outbreaks in acute hospitals: A systems approach. Journal of Infection Prevention, 11, 1, 19-23.
Waterson, P.E. and Lemalu-Kolose, S. (2010), Exploring the social and organisational aspects of Human Factors Integration: A framework and case study. Safety Science, 48, 482-490.
Waterson, P.E. (2010), A systems ergonomics analysis of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells infection outbreaks. Ergonomics, 52, 10, 1196-1205.
Waterson, P.E. (2009), A critical review of the systems approach within patient safety research. Ergonomics, 52, 10, 1185-1195.
Waterson, P.E. and Eason, K.D. (2009), ‘1966 and all that’: Trends and developments in UK ergonomics in the 1960’s. Ergonomics, 52, 11, 1323-1341.