Abstract We observed the brown honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta , visiting blueberry orchards in eastern Australia. L. is considered to be a nectarivorous bird, feeding almost entirely on nectar. However, we report observations of this species as both nectarivore and insectivore crops an raspberry crops. Brown honeyeaters may acting biological control agents when leaf‐roller caterpillars (Lepid...

The purpose of this article is to outline the underlying assumptions, principles and processes of a continuous quality improvement approach which underpins the accreditation of general practice offered by Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited.

Recent trends in general practice towards working in multi-disciplinary teams from purpose-built premises have emphasised the need to study the ways in which doctors and other staff spend their working time.This paper describes a well-established work-study technique (activity sampling), which has been adapted to enable doctors to assess how they use their time. The method needs no observer and...

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BACKGROUND It is current UK policy to expand the numbers of newly qualified doctors entering training to become GPs, to meet increased demand. AIM To report on trends in young doctors' views on the attractiveness of general practice as a career, compared with hospital practice. DESIGN AND SETTING Questionnaire surveys in the UK. METHOD Surveys of doctors, 3 years after graduation, conduct...

BACKGROUND Recent years have seen an increasing corporatization of general practice. OBJECTIVE This paper considers how divisions of general practice should respond to the corporatization of general practice. DISCUSSION Corporate models are an economically rational outcome of structural features of Medicare funding for Australian general practice. One limitation of these structures is that ...