180 professionals participate at Ergonomics Symposium
View(s):The first health-led Ergonomics Symposium in Sri Lanka with the participation of more than 180 professionals from different fields was held by the Expert Committee on Ergonomics – Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA – ECE) on July 10.
The participants included public health specialists, ergonomists, paediatricians, academics, scientists, industrialists, journalists and Education and Health Ministry officials.
Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design to optimise human well-being and overall system performance.
The opening ceremony was attended by Labour and Labour Relations Ministry Secretary W.J.L.U. Wijayaweera, Director of Maternal and Child Health Dr. Deepthi Perera, world-renowned ergonomists Prof. Karen Jacobs of the Boston University, United States of America and Prof. David Caple of the La Trobe University, Australia, Prof. Sujeewa Amarasena, Janaka Karunasena of the National Science Foundation, Dr. Champika Amarasinghe and SLMA-ECE Chairperson Dr. Kapila Jayaratne.
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