Ethan Gibson
Ethan Gibson is a fourth-year double major in human biology and mental health studies at U of T Scarborough. With the help of the Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA), Ethan worked alongside Associate Professor Enid Montague at the Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering (WHEEL) Lab this past summer.
Through literature reviews, Ethan identified four common metrics for assessing administrative burden: time-based, cognitive load, workload inefficiency, and perceived burden and satisfaction metrics.
He offered recommendations for improving the measurement of administrative burden, which included measuring the overall cognitive efforts and demands imposed by multitasking, workflow interruptions of clinical processes due to administrative tasks and the number of steps or clicks required to complete tasks within electronic health or medical records.
Ethan’s USRA experience introduced him to human factors engineering and how it can be applied to the broad field of psychology. As his first venture into research, Ethan found the experience rewarding and encourages other undergraduates to jump into research opportunities early in their academic careers.
“I realized that as a psychology major, I can make an impact in human factors engineering,” Ethan says.
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