Dr Yuval Bitan

Supervisor

Dr Yuval Bitan

Israel
Ben-Gurion University

Research Interests: Patient safety, Human factors, Decision making

Methodological Expertise: Interventional, observational, qualitative, mixed methods, simulation

Qualifications:

PhD (Human Factors)

Publications

Bitan, Y., Ramey, S., Philp, G., and Uukkivi, T. (2015). Working with paramedics on implementing human factors improvements to their response bags. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. 

Bitan, Y., and Jaffe, E. (2016). Improving the Association Between Instruments and Kits in Paramedics’ Response Bags. Proceedings of the Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety International Meeting. 

Bitan, Y., Ramey, S., Philp, G., and Milgram, P. (2016). Evaluation of Ergonomically Redesigned Paramedic Bags – A Usability Study. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. 

Bitan, Y. and Jaffe, E. (2017). Studying Paramedics Working Environment in a Trauma Scene. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. 

Bitan Y. (2017). Changes from within – How paramedic services can lead the way human factors is implemented in healthcare. In Keebler, Lazzara and Misasi (Eds.), Ergonomics and Human Factors of Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. 

Perry, O., Wacht, O., Yafe, E., Sinuany-Steren, Z. and Bitan, Y. (2018). Time to Recognizing out-of-Hospital Cardiac-Arrest. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. 

Bitan, Y. , Jaffe, E., Gisick, L.M., Hallihan, G. and Keebler, J.R. (2018). Creative Research Approaches for Complex Questions in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. 

Harari, Y., Rimer, R., Yafe, E., Wacht, O. and Bitan, Y. (2018). The Relation Between the Paramedic’s Bags Location During Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation on Their Effort and Performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics International Annual Meeting, 938–939. 

Cohen-kadosh, S., Sinuany-Stern, Z. and Bitan Y. (2018). Earthquake Preparedness: optimal deployment of emergency treatment sites. European Conference for Operational Research, EURO 2018 Conference Proceedings. 

Bitan Y., Moran P. and Harris J. (2019). Evaluating safety culture changes over time with the EMS-SAQ survey. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 16 (3). 

Perry, O., Yafe, E. and Bitan, Y. (2019). Measuring the Amounts of Information During Mass Casualty Incidents. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. 

Bitan Y., Ramey S. and Milgram P. (2019). Ergonomic design of new paramedic response bag. Applied Ergonomics. 

Perry O., Wacht O., Jaffe E., Sinuany-Steren Z. and Bitan Y. (2019). Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest protocol comparison. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 16 (4). 

Bitan, Y., Donchin Y. (2019). Designing emergency medical response bags for first responders. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. 
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