Human factors and ergonomics in the context of COVID-19: Planning for concepts insertion in a productive systems discipline.
Work
; 67(3): 519-521, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1021868
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging companies worldwide and undergraduate courses need to consider this context within their disciplines, especially regarding human factors and ergonomics. For this, professors should plan how to insert this knowledge into the program content of their discipline.OBJECTIVE:
This commentary aims to present how this insertion will be conducted in the second academic semester of 2020 in the discipline "Productive Systems" of the mechanical engineering undergraduate course offered by a Brazilian university.METHODS:
This commentary is based on the authors' points of view and experiences. However, the presented discussion is based on institutional websites and international articles.RESULTS:
It is possible to verify that human factors and ergonomic aspects related to the pandemic can be debated in several topics of the analyzed discipline.CONCLUSIONS:
Besides presenting the planning of inserting these aspects, this commentary expands the debates on the subject.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Curriculum
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Engineering
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Ergonomics
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Work
Journal subject:
Occupational Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Wor-203305
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