2026 Community of Human and Organizational Learning 32nd Annual Conference

"The Cognitive Systems Laboratory at Ohio State University (CSEL-OSU) is proud to present RaDonda Vaught at this year’s CHOL annual conference in Denver, Colorado. Beyond the headlines, her story is complex and deeply nuanced with events and actions at the foggy intersection of system design and individual accountability. Her experience underscores the danger of criminalizing medical errors, which threatens the transparency necessary for a deep and sustained organizational learning. Both in her keynote presentation and her workshop session with CSEL-OSU’s Asher Balkin, attendees should expect to challenge their conceptions of how serious injury and fatality accidents occur, and how the situation can be improved.

With the hope that other organizations will recognize the tremendous value speakers like RaDonda Vaught bring to the safety, healthcare, and human factors communities and step forward to continue to support extraordinary opportunities such as these, CSEL-OSU is honored to welcome curious minds to learn from her story."