Sharing workload in group practices: Personal lists work well

General practitioners' perceptions of sharing workload in group practices: qualitative study.

OBJECTIVE To explore general practitioners' beliefs and experiences of distribution of workload and teamwork between doctors in general practice. DESIGN Qualitative semistructured interview study. SETTING South London. PARTICIPANTS 18 general practitioners from 11 practices. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Perceptions and experiences of distribution of workload and teamwork between doctors. RES...

Contextualising information practices and personal information management in mobile work

Traditional, centralised offices and workspaces have provided a common setting for information practices research (Courtright, 2007; Harris and Dewdney, 1994). One specific line of information practices inquiry concerns personal information management, individuals’ daily activities of “acquiring, organising, maintaining, retrieving, using, and controlling the distribution of information items” ...

An Agent Architecture for Personal and Group Work Support

People working in an office concurrently engage in two or more office activities. These activities can be classified into two gro,ps: personal and group work. To increase office productivity with computer software, both personal and group work should be supported. 11owever, the currently available office work support software, such as groupware or a software secretary, focuses on either of thes...

Interactive Affective Sharing versus Non-Interactive Affective Sharing in Work Groups: Comparative Effects of Group Affect on Work Group Performance and Dynamics

Personal Health Practices

HEALTH ISSUE: There are differences in health practices and self-rated health among different socio-demographic groups of women. The relationship between socio-demographic status and a) a range of health behaviours and b) a combination of multiple risk and multiple health promoting practices were examined. The relationship between self-rated health and health practices was also assessed. KEY FI...