Teaching Team Behavior to Human Factors/Ergonomics Students

Abstract

Most Human Factors/Ergonomics personnel participate as team members as part of their employment. To prepare them for this, graduate programs need to provide students with one or more team building experiences while they are in Graduate School. The purpose of this panel is to lay the groundwork for a “best practices” document so educators can take advantage of what others have tried. Hopefully the exchange of information at the 2004 meeting will lead to a “Guidelines” document that can be circulated among interested members of the Educators Professional Group and discuss at the 2005 meeting. The guidelines should describe what works, what doesn't, and perhaps provide some insight as to why.