INTRODUCTION There is emerging concern in the health literature about the impacts of non-resident work modes on the quality of service delivery particularly in sparsely populated or remote areas, but little is known about what non-resident health workers themselves see as the advantages and disadvantages of their modes of work, and whether non-resident workers face the same or different social/...

Background This study identified multiple socio-professional and team effectiveness variables, based on the Input-Mediator-Output-Input (IMOI) model, and tested their associations with job satisfaction for three categories of mental health professionals (nurses, psychologists/psychotherapists, and social workers). Methods Job satisfaction was assessed with the Job Satisfaction Survey. Indepen...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Thai professional and office workers and to compare the prevalence with other populations. MATERIAL AND METHOD The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,339 professional and office workers (535 men and 804 women) who participated in the annual health examinations at the Mobile Health Checkup Unit of King Chulalon...

BACKGROUND To date, studies on the outcomes of a shared war reality among mental health professionals (MHPs) in southern Israel have focused only on those residing and working in Otef Gaza. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of different exposure levels to shared trauma on the professional quality of life of MHPs in southern Israel. This study compares the level of secondary traum...

healthcare professional education is the undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development for doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals. labour economics is the relationship between workers and employers, and the resultant effect on employment and wages. healthcare professional education ultimately produces a workforce, and that workforce is governed by the rules of...

BACKGROUND the workforce is ageing. The contribution of older workers is considerable. Their occupational health profiles differ from those of younger workers. OBJECTIVE we wished to establish whether consideration has been given by regulatory and professional bodies of the impact of ageing-related conditions such as dementia on professional practice. METHODS We e-mailed a questionnaire to ...

Using a cluster-randomised design, this study analyses the effects of a government-administered skill training programme for social workers in Norway. The training programme aims to improve social workers' professional competences by enhancing and systematising follow-up work directed towards longer-term unemployed clients in the following areas: encountering the user, system-oriented efforts a...

The purpose of this paper is to reach a concept of a specific kind of competency known as informational competency. This competency does not have to be exclusively linked to those professionals that are traditionally called information workers. It might be necessary in any professional activity and it is specially needed in those activities that are intensively based on information work. One of...