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H a p p y H a l l o w e e n !      Have a Happy and Safe Halloween from Core Human Factors! 

Happy Anniversary Core!  Core celebrated their 8 year Anniversary on October 21, 2019!

O c t o b e r Happy Birthday Pati!  Pati in London during a study for Core What drew you to human factors and what drew you to Core? I was always interested in the medical field, so I started out in my undergrad years thinking I would go to medical school. After deciding that the medical school path was not for me, I decided to focus on some more technical aspects of the field and work on medical devices. I actually had no idea what human factors was until I applied for a job at Core! But it fits me well because I get to work on devices and interact with many different types of people in the medical field (patients, physicians, nurses, as well as designers, etc.). I see a huge variety of devices which keeps it interesting; I think if I had continued further down the path of engineering I would see much less of the medical device world as a whole. What is one fun fact about yourself? I like to keep physically active, but some may think my sports of choice may be co

C o r e ’ s F a l l C o m p a n y P a r t y ! Good food and great fun at Core’s annual Fall party!  

Would you rather read or watch your instructions? By Seda Japp, PhD As usability researchers, we strive to design intuitive products that can be used safely whether or not the user chooses to read the instructions. Although safety-by-design is the gold standard, it is not always possible to mitigate risk exclusively by the design of the device. This is where training and labeling can be leveraged. Unfortunately, we do not always know how effective instructional information on the labeling is. Too often we hear our participants proudly state, “I NEVER read instructions.” Given the shortening attention span that comes with living in our fast-paced modern society, increasingly more participants—especially the younger ones—report that they would prefer to watch a tutorial instead of read text-based instructions. You are a busy person too. Would you rather watch a short video instead of reading this blog post? Effectiveness of different instructional materials Previous studie