The BIS consultation briefing pays dutiful tribute to this vision.
They provide evaluations and consultations, brief treatment, referrals, and group counseling.
Use of Medicare-funded services: number of GP consultations (brief, standard, long and prolonged), proportion of consultations that are long or prolonged, MBS benefits and out-of-pocket costs and PBS benefits and out-of-pocket costs.
GP provider-level predictor variables will include: vocational registration; number of 45 and Up Study participants using this provider, annual number of consultations (brief, standard, long and prolonged); proportion of consultations that are long or prolonged.
The consultation was brief.
The treating psychiatrist will, during their usual consultation, provide brief information about the study using a brochure and invite the patient to take part in the study.
44 Nevertheless, in patients who returned to a subsequent consultation for brief lifestyle counselling, there were significant positive changes in motivation to reduce drinking and in patient satisfaction levels.
Additional staff performed prospective recordings of all disruptions parallel to the pre-anesthetic consultation and briefing.
Staff costs for pre-anesthetic patient consultation and briefing had been estimated with 6% of the total staffing costs [ 11, 12].
This nurse went to great lengths to minimise her need to look at the computer during her consultations, seizing brief opportunities as they arose (eg, as patients removed socks).
Responding to consultations, producing briefing notes, advising on "lines to take" on ministerial (or indeed, other vice-chancellors') statements is all part of the role.
