In previous research, Scrubs was deemed a suitable source of examples to inform medical education in the following spheres: "teaching and learning, mentorship, professionalism, communication skills, and interprofessional relationships" (p. 238, [ 19]).
Despite the lack of clear evidence from this review on what counts as effective community engagement and how the success of an engagement method or approach should be measured, we can draw a number of lessons from these examples to inform the development of CE strategies for genomic studies in Africa.
Such information is needed, for example, to inform the plan of the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria to spend ZAR 500 (US$36) million on the screening, and where needed treatment, of 500 000 miners, ex-miners and peri-mining communities for tuberculosis [ 8].
The motive may be laudatory - for example to inform the public about a policy change.
It is only because we attribute to A the communicative intention to affect B's behaviour – for example, to inform B about the location of a certain object - that we expect A's action to be followed by B's response.
For example to inform family members about the background and treatment of minor ailments and about when one needs to be concerned about one's health.
It would be useful to know the extent to which brain responses during exposure to analogue trauma can actually predict a specific moment of the traumatic footage that would later become an intrusive memory, for example, to inform preventative interventions against intrusive memory formation.
In the diagnostic setting, the probability that a particular disease is present can be used, for example, to inform the referral of patients for further testing, initiate treatment directly, or reassure patients that a serious cause for their symptoms is unlikely.
A deliberative poll, for example, attempts to inform opinion by providing the opportunity for wide public discussion among those polled.
One of the OECD's goals with the new indicators, for example, was to inform the Sustainable Development Goals, which will replace the Millennium Development Goals post-2015.
However, we suggest that the more general understanding of what hinders and facilitates NQRs, with the Riksstroke as an example, serves to inform quality improvement.
