19/11/2025
Many thanks to Professor Rob Galloway for a superb presentation at the latest Injury Rehab Network event with BASRaT.
Rob's presentation was about reducing medical errors in sports medicine and how the lessons he has learned from a career in A&E can be adapted to sports rehab environments.
For those who missed it, the presentation is online at https://youtu.be/ABwp_CoOYQI
Rob has a textbook about Human Factors in Healthcare which is due out in March and can be pre-ordered https://www.amazon.co.uk/Human-Factors-Healthcare-Approach-Practice/dp/1138498777/
If you are interested in learning more about human factors courses, Rob run's two types of courses.
One is at the hospitals Rob works at in Sussex every month and all the dates are on Eventbrite here https://www.eventbrite.com/o/events-uhsx-65465914873
It is £195 per person and has 6 hours of CPD. It is organised through the hospital external candidates are accepted, so please book through that link. Rob can also provide external training on request.
Rob also spoke about belief bias. That tendency we all have to make a diagnosis because it fits with what we wish it to be. It happened to Rob with his daughter. He delayed recognising her developmental delay, and delayed seeking help. When he finally did get help, the diagnosis was of a very rare genetic condition. And this is what led Rob to set up a research charity into rare neuro developmental conditions. In the past these conditions could never be treated. But now with AI identifying repurposed drugs, there is real potential. The problem is that because the drugs already exist, and because the conditions are so rare, there is no money for pharmaceutical companies to fund the research. That is why Rob set up the charity Rare People www.rarepeople.org
Please donate and support the amazing work of Rob's charity.
UK charity funding vital research into rare genetic neurodevelopmental conditions in children. 100% of donations go directly to research.
