A methodology for enhancing crew resource management training

Human error is an ever-present threat to the safe conduct of flight. Recent ly, applied psychologists have developed an intervention, crew resource man agement (CRM) training, designed to help prevent human error in the cockpit . However, as it is commonly applied within the aviation community, CRM lac ks standardization in content, design, delivery, and evaluation. This paper presents a discussion of an applied program of research aimed at developin g a methodology for the design and delivery of CRM training within the Navy . This long-term, theoretically based program of aviation team research inc luded identification of skills to be trained, development of performance me asures, application of instructional design principles, and evaluation of t he training delivery. Our conclusion indicates that a systematic methodolog y for developing CRM training can result in better performance in the cockp it. Actual or potential applications of this research include any task envi ronment in which teams are interdependent.