The phrase "a preliminary programme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial plan or outline for an event, project, or study that is subject to change.
Example: "The conference will begin with a preliminary programme that outlines the key topics and speakers for the sessions."
Alternatives: "an initial plan" or "a draft schedule".
These findings will help us reformulate the preliminary programme theory and develop a refined explanation of how SM interventions work for disadvantaged populations.
A preliminary test programme was performed to verify the prediction of the assessment model and to investigate the seismic response of existing building frames and their rehabilitation.
Then, we will conduct the data extraction process to obtain evidence to test and complement our preliminary programme theory.
29 31 Subsequently, we will use a purposive sampling strategy to find sufficient and relevant empirical evidence to identify important CMO configurations and test them against the ones in the preliminary programme theory and/or selected candidate middle-range theories.
The essential active components of the preliminary programme for healthy lifestyles promotion will be progressively piloted in the real-world conditions of the health centres for a period of between one and three months.
We used the propositions contained in the preliminary programme theory (PT1) as the main guidance to analyse the interview transcripts (verbatim transcribed and imported into Atlas.ti for data management and coding), as well as the notes taken during observation (also imported into Atlas.ti).
In order to take into account the specificities of the older hospital population and the setting in which they are cared for, the preliminary programme was reviewed by two nurses caring for older hospitalized patients, two geriatricians, and one internal medicine physician.
This study was part of a preliminary extensive screening programme of the Phytomedicine Programme, Department Paraclinical Sciences, University of Pretoria.
A preliminary draft for a training programme in risk communication and shared decision-making was developed by academic general practitioners and social scientists in the RISAP project group (PK, JT, MJ, AE, TL, BH, MR).
