Yossi Tal is a Social and Cognitive Psychologist, special¬ized in Risk Management, Safety and Training methodolo¬gies. Dr. Tal started his professional career as a Psychologist in the IAF (Israeli Air Force), after graduating in Psychology from the Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Tal headed the branch of Human-Factors in flying for 15 years. He was in charge of investigations and research in various areas of human fac¬tors, training, and of the development of recommendations to reduce contribution of human error in military aircraft accidents. For the last 25 years, Dr. Tal has focused profes¬sionally on risk management in medicine and patient safety and is a consultant to several medical organizations, includ¬ing Maccabi Healthcare Services and Leumit Healthcare Services. He has developed, coordinated, and instructed numerous academic courses on medical risk management and patient safety, and currently he is involved in several research projects in his field of expertise, continues to teach and consult and is active in the board of Israeli Society of Patient Safety and Risk Management in Medicine (NASBAR/ISRM).