Such constructs have to be operationalized and measured.
To investigate the influence of national culture on the adoption of integrated medical curricula 'national culture' and 'integrated curricula' had to be defined and operationalized.
However, current theoretical approaches to behaviour change have yet to be operationalized this in design process support.
The competencies defined within the curriculum and implemented within the instruction program have to be translated into an operationalized form in order to make them measurable.
Focus on improving patient care was in line with the ministry's vision of "providing comprehensive service with quality and care", however this goal had not been operationalized in guidelines for supervision.
The proposed method will appeal to more investigators because the process has now been operationalized, is fairly straightforward to apply, it can be applied to a wide range of topics and the return on effort is significant.
While a number of approaches to learning have been operationalized in the literature, three emerge as the most common: surface, deep, and strategic/achieving (Table 1; e.g., Marton and Säaljö, 1976; Biggs, 1987; Entwistle et al., 2000).
We conducted a scoping review of published and grey literature to identify how toolkits have been operationalized, and to describe their content, evidence underlying their content, format, and evidence of effectiveness.
While they have scientific authority and can be operationalized and enforced through standards they are hardly visionary, strategic or capable of responding to emerging threats.
