In September 2009, a five day health research workshop was held at AAH involving 102 medical professionals, auxiliary staff, nursing students, local school teachers, chiefs and community leaders.
A two day training programme was organised for the research assistants during which they were schooled on approaches to qualitative data collection; how to conduct oral interviews; approach the managers and the methods of taking detail field notes.
The PIRg members had completed an eight day introduction to research methods course as well as specific training on discussing end of life issues led by an academic (Dr Amanda Clarke) with previous experience of leading studies where older people facilitated data collection on end of life [ 15, 21- 23].
Local health educators who were trained by research staff over a four day workshop delivered the salt reduction education programme.
All attended a five day workshop led by members of the research team on educational outreach techniques and on the clinical content of the guidelines.
Total time spent researching and buying a car: Four hours over a three day period.
Female managers earn 22% less than their male counterparts and "work for free" for nearly two hours a day, research shows.
Tired of spending six hours a day researching stocks and mutual funds, and wanting to spend more time with her 17-month-old grandson, Ms. Richardson is selling what had been a 102-stock portfolio, worth about $211,000, and putting the money into a low-cost and low-maintenance collection of about nine exchange-traded funds.
She'd spend seven hours a day researching, eventually connecting with individuals who wanted to help sponsor her and help her get to the U.S. "I didn't have much hope of ever leaving," she said. .
An emerging base of research points to the detrimental effects of something that most Americans do without much thought on a daily basis (for nearly six hours per day, research finds).
One day, your research may no longer be the stuff of headlines and top papers and your microarray robot will be rusting quietly in the corner.
