However, as a result of discussing the function of OT objects with the facilitator, participants quickly developed their understanding of the intended function of specialist equipment.
When discussing the potential actual use of this application in practice, participants generally believed that users would need to be supported by an expert user, perhaps an occupational therapist, which could explain the function of specialist OT equipment and also assist in using the application.
It was difficult for participants to know whether they were actually proposing solutions which were of any real value to them in reality and meant that participants were unclear of the function of the specialist objects and how the equipment should be fitted.
It is natural to expect machine vision technologies to eventually assume functions of expert specialist clinicians, particularly as accuracy continues to improve and familiarity with routine clinical use becomes more widespread.
Other factors probably contribute to this effect, such as differences in task interpretation, views on the relevance of psycho-social contexts in patient treatment, as well as the varying functions of a specialist's report, which are hard to combine in a single letter.
The main challenges FPs faced were being posted in situations where they were expected to function as just another type of specialist, lack of awareness among colleagues of the roles of an FP, lack of time, lack of funds and inadequate training.
This would not only provide valuable opportunities to engage in shared decision making, but would also opportunity for practitioners to develop a more detailed understanding of their patients and for patients to better understand the function, and potential benefits, of items of specialist assistive equipment.
"It's very attractive, but I don't think it's the main function of sleep," said Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer, a specialist on sleep and circadian rhythms at Surrey University.
This enhances the gate-keeping function of reducing unnecessary referrals to specialist dermatological services, especially in the public sector.
Although they do not speculate about the function of the bare head, other parrot specialists suggest it could be to prevent fruit from sticking to the feathers.
Most of the ethnographic recordings before the 1960's were lo-fi affairs -- a function of the available equipment -- with a specialist audience in mind.
