Friday, 5 October 2012

Shift work



Working at night is an inevitable by-product of our 24 hour society for a large number of workers. We looked at some industrial accidents that have occured because of human error at night, like Chernobyl and the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and also looked at the poorer health outcomes reported for shift workers. You need to be able to discuss how we can try to improve these poor outcomes - using your knowledge of human biological rhythms. Today's ppt is here.

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