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John W. Senders (1920 – Feb 12, 2019[1]) was a professor of industrial engineering who did research on safety and human error.[2][3] He founded Canada's Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP),[2] introduced the visual occlusion paradigm,[4] and organized the first conference on human error,[5] which came to be known as Clambake I.[3]

Education

Senders received an A.B. in experimental psychology from Harvard College in 1948, and a Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from Tilburg University in 1983.[6]

Career

In 1959, Senders was a lecturer in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota.[6]

From 1965 to 1972, Senders, was a lecturer and senior research associate in psychology at Brandeis University.[6]

In 1973, Senders took a position as a visiting professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Toronto. He took a permanent position at the university in 1974 where he worked until he retired in 1985, when he became a Professor Emeritus.[6]

Awards and honors

In 1973, Senders was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[7]

Senders founded Canada's Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), and received an award from ISMP in 2001.[2]

In 2008, Senders was awarded the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) Pioneer Award by the University of Toronto.[2]

In 2010, the Human Factors Interest Group of the University of Toronto held a symposium of Applied Human Factors Research in Senders's honor. Attendees included Abigail Sellen, Neville Moray (remotely), Shuman Zhai, Don Norman, and Jean Zu.[8]

In 2011, Senders won an Ig Nobel Prize in the field of public safety for conducting experiments driving a car while intermittently blindfolded.[2]

Clambake conferences

Senders, along with his wife Ann Chrichton-Harris, organized a meeting in Columbia Falls, Maine in July 1980 of researchers who were interested in studying human error. They originally submitted a proposal for funding the conference to the National Science Foundation, but the proposal was rejected. They decided to invite participants despite the lack of funding, inviting the attendees to attend a clambake. Twenty-five people attended, from the United States and the United Kingdom. This meeting came to be known as the "Clambake Conference"[5] and Clambake I.[3]

In 1983, a multidisciplinary conference on human error was held at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center[5] in Bellagio, Italy, funded by NATO and the Rockefeller Foundation. This conference came to be known as Clambake II.[3] Senders, along with Neville Moray, published a summary of the workshop.[9]

In addition to Senders, Chrichton-Harris, and Moray, participants at the clambake conferences included Jens Rasmussen, Daniel Kahneman, Don Norman, James Reason, Alan Swain, Thomas Sheridan, Elizabeth Loftus, Erik Hollnagel, David Woods, Ward Edwards, Brian Gaines, Marcel Kinsbourne, Lawrence Stark, Anne Treisman, Laurence Young, and Dune McRuer.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Remembering John W. Senders, Pioneer of Human-Factors Engineering". IEEE Spectrum. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  2. ^ a b c d e "- Home". www.johnwsenders.net. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  3. ^ a b c d Wears, Robert; Sutcliffe, Kathleen (2019-11-21). "Still Not Safe". doi:10.1093/oso/9780190271268.001.0001. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Chen, Huei-Yen Winnie; Milgram, Paul (2022-04-27). "Testing Senders' Visual Occlusion Model: Do Operators (Drivers) Really Predict During Visual Occlusion?". Human Factors: 187208221085828. doi:10.1177/00187208221085828. ISSN 1547-8181. PMID 35477316.
  5. ^ a b c Cafazzo, Joseph A.; Sellen, Abigail J.; Norman, Don (2021-08-02). "Defending Against Medical Error: Personal Reflections on the Legacy of John Senders". Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: 001872082110334. doi:10.1177/00187208211033414. ISSN 0018-7208.
  6. ^ a b c d "CV". www.johnwsenders.net. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  7. ^ "Historic Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  8. ^ "UoT JWS Symposium". www.johnwsenders.net. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  9. ^ a b Senders, John W.; Moray, Neville P. Human Error:: Cause, Prediction, and Reduction. doi:10.1201/9781003070375/human-error-john-senders-neville-moray.
  10. ^ Strauch, Barry (2021-03-31). "John Senders, Human Error, and System Safety". Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: 001872082110019. doi:10.1177/00187208211001982. ISSN 0018-7208.
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