Mental practice (MP) has been shown to improve movement accuracy and velocity, but it is not known whether MP can also optimize movement timing. We addressed this question by studying two groups of expert pianists who performed challenging music sequences after either MP or physical practice (PP). Performance and motion-capture data were collected along with responses to imagery questionnaires....

BACKGROUND Workplace violence in general practice has been found to be an important problem in the United Kingdom. No research has been undertaken in this area in Australian urban practice. METHOD Four focus groups involved 18 urban general practitioners and over 9 hours of taped responses were transcribed. The transcripts were coded and subjected to thematic analysis. RESULTS General pract...

Background. Relational coordination (RC) and organisational social capital (OSC) are measures of novel aspects of an organisation's performance, which have not previously been analysed together, in general practice. Objectives. The aim of this study was to analyse the associations between RC and OSC, and characteristics of general practice. Methods. Questionnaire survey study comprising 2074 pr...

General practice training schemes currently have no structured methods of assessment and most rely on a variety of subjective ratings of performance. In West Cumbria the ;objective structured clinical examination' has been used to assess training performance in areas covered by small group teaching during the preceding terms. Consultation skills, interpretation of clinical data and a number of ...

There are large variations in reported diabetes prevalence within United Kingdom (UK) populations. Linear regression was used to investigate whether population characteristics could explain the variation in prevalence between 19 practices with relatively complete diagnostic recording. Population obesity and South Asian ethnicity largely explained observed variation in prevalence (adjusted R2 = ...

a. “Consensus Statement on Dignity in Illness, Disability, and Dying and a Response to the UNESCO Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights” was the product of a Colloquium of the International Association of Catholic Bioethicists (IACB), held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), June 26–30, 2005. b. An introduction to the consensus statement is provided here by William Sullivan,...

The imposition of the new General Practice contract, with all the acrimony it has engendered, has obscured another change in General Practice, which has far-reaching potential. This is the explosive rise in job-sharing seen recently, exemplified by the figures for Devon FHSA, which has seen a rise from 4 jobsharing GPs, in two years, to 28 by June, 1991 (personal communication, Devon FHSA). In ...