Choosing a qualitative design involving face to face contact with participants ensured we could be confident that we communicated the information effectively.
The study was carried out over a period of June to July , 2012 involving face to face administration of questionnaires that were pretested in selected hospitals in Ghana after an initial pilot in Abidjan the Ivorian capital.
[See Additional File 1] Study types: RCTs, non-randomised trials, observational studies, qualitative studies Intervention: Included any multidisciplinary planning process with GP as a participant or leader, mainly involving face to face or teleconferenced meetings, but not excluding other models.
Baker said GPs were increasingly offering appointments that did not involve face-to-face contact, such as telephone consultations.
One-fourth of the education modules involve face-to-face learning among the three cohorts of executives.
Jobs that involve face-to-face contact or require the worker to be present are safer: think of taxi drivers, plumbers, police officers or janitors.
Many of the illustrations here do not involve face-to-face interaction with a human being (a doctor or a lawyer, for example).
Some health insurers and large employers already pay for programs called medication therapy management, which typically involve face-to-face sessions between pharmacists and patients in retail stores or clinics.
Stephen Ford, the head of investment management at Brewin Dolphin, said the company hoped to re-engage with these customers once it had developed a new proposition that was simplified, did not involve face-to-face advice and was more cost-effective for staff to deliver.
