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www.baddesigns.com/
A website which includes lots of examples of poorly designed everyday objects. The site is a catalogue of instances where a little consideration of human factors issues would have gone a long way to enhancing the user or consumer experience.

www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/
The UK Health and Safety Executive. Vist this site for more information on human factors in health and safety at work.

www.ergonomics.org.uk/
In the UK, the Ergonomics Society is the professional association for ergonomists and human factors specialists. The site contains information on professional human factors in the UK, including information on accredited postgraduate courses.

www.hfes.org/web/Default.aspx
In the US, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society is a professional association for people working within this field.

www.pow-bps.com/
The website of the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology. The site provides information on the work of the division and the services provided by chartered occupational psychologists.

www.siop.org/
The equivalent US website is for Division 14 of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology .

http://patientsafetyed.duhs.duke.edu/module_e/module_overview.html
A site hosted by Duke University Medical Centre focuses on quality improvement and patient safety. The site has a human factors section which gives a good basic overview of human error with good examples.

http://www.eurocontrol.int/hifa/public/subsite_homepage/homepage.html
The Eurocontrol Human Factors Integration web pages provide a sound overview how human factors can be integrated into the design of future air traffic control systems. Some of the coverage is quite advanced, but the site is useful because it provides an overview of some key human factors methods and techniques, and how they can be used.

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