Coronary Heart Disease
George is concerned about his cardio-vascular fitness and has heard about an initiative called Walk and Work which he believes is based on research from Mayo Clinic. He has a treadmill and laptop at home and would like to use these together as a vertical workstation as described in the Mayo Clinic research. However, he is not sure of the speed and incline to use for best effects. [QUESTION]
George searches Google [SOURCE] using the key terms Work and Walk and Mayo and easily discovers the information he needs about the amount of walking recommended for maintaining his health. [FIND]
However, his questions about the speed and incline for the treadmill are not addressed and he needs to carry out a further search which eventually returns the details he wants.[QUESTION, EVALUATE]
George sets up his vertical workstation based on the recovered information and a series of tips received from ‘Walk and Work’ website users.[SOURCE, FIND, COMBINE, APPLY]
He has shared his information and details of the workstation with his vascular consultant and cardiac rehabilitation group. [SHARE]
Feeling the benefits of combining deskwork with activity, George is now investigating ways to persuade his employers to adopt and apply similar schemes throughout the organisation. [SHARE, APPLY]
| QUESTION | | What speed and incline should be used to get the most benefit from a vertical workstation? |
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| SOURCE | | Google, Walk and Work website
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| FIND | | Information about the amount of walking recommended for maintaining good health; second search retrieves information on speed and incline. |
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| EVALUATE | | Information about speed and incline missing; further Google search carried out – returns to the FIND section of the cycle. |
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| COMBINE | | Information retrieved from 2 Google searches plus hints and tips from ‘Walk and Work’ website. |
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| SHARE | | Shares information found and details of the workstation with his vascular consultant and cardiac rehabilitation group. Investigates ways to persuade his employers to adopt similar practice. |
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| APPLY | | Sets up a vertical workstation |
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