Being a pilot I can attest how important checklists are, and I do advocate for using them in medicine (have practicing relatives, and I have them tired with that).
But maybe you oversimplified the book? (Or the book oversimplified how safety was achieved?)
There are some other 100s of reasons why aviation is safe. Heck, some of them could also be applied NOW: people must rest! I do NOT want to be treated by a doctor doing an idiotic 24hs shift, which is the norm in every country I know of…
There is a whole list of things that can be transferred from aviation to medicine.
Another point I know of is the “handover” of patients. Just as ATC hands over planes from one controller to another, some procedure should warrant the correct transfer of information between shifts. Oh boy I have hear some funny (and some bot at all funny) stories about it.
But maybe you oversimplified the book? (Or the book oversimplified how safety was achieved?)
There are some other 100s of reasons why aviation is safe. Heck, some of them could also be applied NOW: people must rest! I do NOT want to be treated by a doctor doing an idiotic 24hs shift, which is the norm in every country I know of…
There is a whole list of things that can be transferred from aviation to medicine.
Another point I know of is the “handover” of patients. Just as ATC hands over planes from one controller to another, some procedure should warrant the correct transfer of information between shifts. Oh boy I have hear some funny (and some bot at all funny) stories about it.