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23 25 Before now however, there has been no validated method of using the Calgary-Cambridge consultation guide to assess complete consultations between qualified doctors and patients.
The discussion covered all the themes of the consultation guide and interviews continued until no new suggestions emerged on how to develop a framework to assess near-miss.
We recruited six GP raters experienced in teaching and assessing communication skills using the Calgary-Cambridge consultation guide within the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.
OBEMAN® had many of the features HopSCOTCH required (i.e. consultation guide, weight management plan, and tracking of anthropometry); however, following feedback from the VicReN focus group, it was not pursued because it lacked some of the key functionality HopSCOTCH required (i.e. linking with desktop software to fit with GPs' current workflow, web enabled and child focused).
We designed the survey instruments (household questionnaire and key informant interview guide) in consultation with technicians from government and civil society.
A summary of the nurse consultation guides for both trials is shown in Fig. 1.
The patient interviews after the consultations will focus on the patients' immediate reactions to risk communication and decision-making in the consultation, using a semi-structured interview guide with open questions and play back of the tape-recorded consultation.
An interview guide was developed in consultation with a project reference group, informed by the reviewed literature.
We used a semistructured and probing interview guide constructed through expert consultations and a literature review.
