title: Can eye-tracking technology improve situational awareness in paramedic clinical education?
abstract: Human factors play a significant part in clinical error. Situational awareness (SA) means being aware of one's surroundings, comprehending the present situation, and being able to predict outcomes. It is a key human skill that, when properly applied, is associated with reducing medical error: eye-tracking technology can be used to provide an objective and qualitative measure of the initial perception component of SA. Feedback from eye-tracking technology can be used to improve the understanding and teaching of SA in clinical contexts, and consequently, has potential for reducing clinician error and the concomitant adverse events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quested
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Berwick, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cooper
keywords: eye-tracking; medical error; paramedic; pre hospital; situational awareness