Safety education at research facilities with radiation sources and short-term facility users: current design and practice and possibilities for improvement
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| Titel: | Safety education at research facilities with radiation sources and short-term facility users: current design and practice and possibilities for improvement |
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| Autoren: | Ek, Åsa, Eriksson, Kerstin, Borell, Jonas |
| Weitere Verfasser: | Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, LTH, Departments at LTH, Department of Design Sciences, Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lunds universitet, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Institutioner vid LTH, Institutionen för designvetenskaper, Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi, Originator, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, LTH, Other operations, LTH, Metalund, Lunds universitet, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Annan verksamhet, LTH, Metalund, Originator, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, LTH, LTH Profile areas, LTH Profile Area: Aerosols, Lunds universitet, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, LTH profilområden, LTH profilområde: Aerosoler, Originator, Lund University, Profile areas and other strong research environments, Lund University Profile areas, LU Profile Area: Light and Materials, Lunds universitet, Profilområden och andra starka forskningsmiljöer, Lunds universitets profilområden, LU profilområde: Ljus och material, Originator, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, LTH, Other operations, LTH, Centre for Healthy Indoor Environments, Lunds universitet, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Annan verksamhet, LTH, Centrum för hälsosamma inomhusmiljöer, CHIE, Originator, Lund University, Profile areas and other strong research environments, Strategic research areas (SRA), NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience, Lunds universitet, Profilområden och andra starka forskningsmiljöer, Strategiska forskningsområden (SFO), NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience, Originator |
| Quelle: | Heliyon. 10(12) |
| Schlagwörter: | Social Sciences, Media and Communications, Information Systems, Social aspects (including Human Aspects of ICT), Samhällsvetenskap, Medie, kommunikations, och informationsvetenskaper, Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning, Engineering and Technology, Other Engineering and Technologies, Teknik, Annan teknik, Natural Sciences, Computer and Information Sciences, Human Computer Interaction, Naturvetenskap, Data- och informationsvetenskap (Datateknik), Människa-datorinteraktion (Interaktionsdesign) |
| Beschreibung: | Research facilities such as spallation sources and synchrotrons generate radiation for use in atomic-level or molecular-scale experiments. These facilities can be viewed as complex safetycritical systems. An important aspect of the safety management of such systems is the short safety education and training programme the users are required to undergo in order to gain facility access. As research on the topic is limited, this study aimed to increase the knowledge about current education design and practice using the perspectives of safety science and pedagogy. Study objectives were to identify preconditions that impact the safety education design, to describe current design and practice of the safety education, and to identify weaknesses and possibilities for improvement. Site visits with a total of 20 interviews were performed at three research facilities. The results show the need for sufficient resources to maintain learning activities for users, provide pedagogical continuing education for educators, andmaintain safety culture-enhancing activities to meet the challenges of having large numbers of short-term facility users. Increased focus should be placed on safety-related competence needs and the mapping of these to match the competence of individual users. New thinking and innovation can benefit the design and provision of such education activities, based on both socio-technical system and system safety perspectives. Research facilities such as spallation sources and synchrotrons generate radiation for use in atomic-level or molecular-scale experiments. These facilities can be viewed as complex safety-critical systems. An important aspect of the safety management of such systems is the short safety education and training programme the users are required to undergo in order to gain facility access. As research on the topic is limited, this study aimed to increase the knowledge about current education design and practice using the perspectives of safety science and pedagogy. Study objectives were to identify preconditions that impact the safety education design, to describe current design and practice of the safety education, and to identify weaknesses and possibilities for improvement. Site visits with a total of 20 interviews were performed at three research facilities. The results show the need for sufficient resources to maintain learning activities for users, provide pedagogical continuing education for educators, and maintain safety culture-enhancing activities to meet the challenges of having large numbers of short-term facility users. Increased focus should be placed on safety-related competence needs and the mapping of these to match the competence of individual users. New thinking and innovation can benefit the design and provision of such education activities, based on both socio-technical system and system safety perspectives. |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32675 |
| Datenbank: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Research facilities such as spallation sources and synchrotrons generate radiation for use in atomic-level or molecular-scale experiments. These facilities can be viewed as complex safetycritical systems. An important aspect of the safety management of such systems is the short safety education and training programme the users are required to undergo in order to gain facility access. As research on the topic is limited, this study aimed to increase the knowledge about current education design and practice using the perspectives of safety science and pedagogy. Study objectives were to identify preconditions that impact the safety education design, to describe current design and practice of the safety education, and to identify weaknesses and possibilities for improvement. Site visits with a total of 20 interviews were performed at three research facilities. The results show the need for sufficient resources to maintain learning activities for users, provide pedagogical continuing education for educators, andmaintain safety culture-enhancing activities to meet the challenges of having large numbers of short-term facility users. Increased focus should be placed on safety-related competence needs and the mapping of these to match the competence of individual users. New thinking and innovation can benefit the design and provision of such education activities, based on both socio-technical system and system safety perspectives.<br />Research facilities such as spallation sources and synchrotrons generate radiation for use in atomic-level or molecular-scale experiments. These facilities can be viewed as complex safety-critical systems. An important aspect of the safety management of such systems is the short safety education and training programme the users are required to undergo in order to gain facility access. As research on the topic is limited, this study aimed to increase the knowledge about current education design and practice using the perspectives of safety science and pedagogy. Study objectives were to identify preconditions that impact the safety education design, to describe current design and practice of the safety education, and to identify weaknesses and possibilities for improvement. Site visits with a total of 20 interviews were performed at three research facilities. The results show the need for sufficient resources to maintain learning activities for users, provide pedagogical continuing education for educators, and maintain safety culture-enhancing activities to meet the challenges of having large numbers of short-term facility users. Increased focus should be placed on safety-related competence needs and the mapping of these to match the competence of individual users. New thinking and innovation can benefit the design and provision of such education activities, based on both socio-technical system and system safety perspectives. |
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| ISSN: | 24058440 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32675 |