March 27, 2013: Dr. John Senders Retires from ISMP Canada Board of Directors
John W. Senders PhD has recently retired from the Board of Directors of ISMP Canada. It was Dr. Senders’ ongoing research and promotion of failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and its applicability in various environments that led to its adoption as an important method for proactive risk assessment in healthcare. Dr. Senders has published numerous papers and taught extensively on the subjects of human factors engineering and psychology. In 1980, he organized a continuing series of conferences known as the Clambake Conferences on the Nature and Source of Human Error. As Principal Scientific Consultant for ISMP (US) and a founding member of ISMP Canada and its Board of Directors, he has helped to set the path we are following for the analysis of medication errors and associated prevention strategies. For more than 30 years, he has served as a scientific advisor and as an expert in investigations stemming from errors and accidents in hospitals and other environments. Dr. Senders is currently Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto.
