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Optimising The Training-Induced Changes Of Inhibitory Control, Nicholas P. Benikos

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

In four studies, this thesis examined the effect of task difficulty and brief training on inhibitory processing in the Go/Nogo task, and transfer to the Stop-signal and Eriksenflanker tasks. It also aimed to clarify how the event-related potential (ERP) of the N2 and P3, as well as the earlier N1 and P2 components, reflect training-related modulations in the underlying neural processes. This was achieved by (1) the use of three task difficulty levels (Low, Medium, High) using incremental reaction time deadlines (RTDs), (2) the effect of these three RTDs on task performance and the early (N1, P2) and inhibition-related (N2, …

The Role Of Virtual Communities Of Practice In Overcoming Isolation And Improving Knowledge Sharing In General Practice Training In Australia, Stephen Robert Barnett

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

General Practice training can be isolating. This isolation can lead doctors to choose to work decreased hours and have a lower intention to work in rural areas, with retention of GP registrars in rural areas an ongoing problem. Professional isolation can occur due to barriers to knowledge sharing, such as the structure of general practice in which registrars are alone in a room with a patient, and geographic barriers imposed by the large distances between registrars in rural and regional training programs.

Virtual Communities of Practice are a method of improving knowledge sharing and overcoming isolation that have shown clear …