While enjoying beautiful Banff, Alberta, Occupational Biomechanics and Ergonomics Lab (OBEL) team members shared and discussed ergonomics research and practice with an international audience of researchers, practitioners and industry personnel at the joint Association of Canadian Ergonomist and Organizational Design and Management conference.
Launched by an insightful and thought-provoking keynote lecture by internationally renowned researcher Jörgen Eklund on the links between ergonomics and quality, conference attendees and presenters continued to discuss a range of topics pertaining to macro, cognitive and physical ergonomics. The beautiful Banff location also offered attendees unique opportunities to network and converse while in cozy, chalet like restaurants downtown, or while summating mountain tops, like tunnel mountain.
OBEL researchers used this opportunity to share new research outcomes with the international audience of attendees. Daniel shared insights on the cost-effectiveness of powered stretcher implementation within a paramedic service. Uma shared insights of an observational study to monitor and identify how the structure and organization of work was influenced following the implementation of powered stretchers. Steven shared highlights of a recent literature review aimed at identifying MSD prevention strategies within the paramedic sector. Changing pace, Nick shared findings on a comparative analysis of spine load estimates as obtained from different digital human modeling software packages.
