This blog is about alertness strategies for shiftworkers offering practical tips and evidence-based solutions to maintain peak performance throughout your shift. Recently while discussing alertness strategies with a shiftwork client, participants expressed a keen interest in knowing what other shiftworkers do to stay alert and the evidence behind the strategies. Here is a summary of…
How to review your roster using the ABC approach. A – Assess the Current Roster • Analyse Data: Gather and review the current roster data, including a biomathematical assessment of fatigue risk, hours worked, and any existing issues like absenteeism, overtime, or fatigue-related incidents. • Identify Needs: Evaluate the needs of both the organization and…
Creating a healthy roster is essential for maintaining a productive, satisfied, and well-balanced workforce. Here are three critical considerations to keep in mind when designing your schedule: 1. Balance Workload to Prevent Burnout Ensuring that employees have a balanced workload is crucial for preventing burnout and maintaining high levels of productivity and morale. Overloading staff…
The vagus nerve is the tenth cranial nerve and is the longest nerve of the autonomic nervous system. It comprises of both sensory and motor fibers. It is a large meandering nerve with numerous branches and gets its name from the latin wandering like a vagabond. The vagus nerve controls the parasympathetic nervous system which is…
This seminar introduces participants to using a biomathematical approach to assessing hours of work. This can be helpful when designing a new roster, if you have concerns about an existing roster or if you have noticed that either you or staff appear fatigued. Outline Key requirements of a great roster Three steps to assessing hours…
Sleep is essential for good health. In fact, we need sleep to survive just like we need food and water and we spend about one-third of our life sleeping. Why is getting enough sleep important? 1 Sleep can boost your immune system. Scientific evidence is building that sleep has powerful effects on immune functioning. Studies…
Our workshop Living With Shiftwork has been running since 1995. It has undergone multiple changes as science has evolved, measurable outcomes are utilised and shiftworkers themselves are taught how to deliver the session. To help bring this to your workplace we now have it available via ZOOM – and groups are kept small to facilitate…
Since being in lockdown I have been asked by a number of health professionals to provide in-service training. Recently I have delivered key information to Active + Rehabilitation Service and The Goodfellow Unit. The feedback has been, that many of you would like a tool kit to add to your kete so you can easily…
Fiona Johnston, occupational therapist is facilitating a discussion for health professionals about the role of sleep when recovering from concussion
Fiona Johnston, occupational therapist will discuss the benefits of a good sleep, common sleep problems and how to improve the quality and quantity of sleep without using medication.