We made field notes and elicited narratives from staff as they worked ("talk me through what you are doing").
A research associate's observation notes and presenter narratives (written immediately following feedback sessions) recorded the questions of participants, dynamics of the group, and impressions about the session.
The researcher made detailed field notes and elicited narratives from staff, seeking to identify 'What is being accomplished here?' Documents (eg, recall letters and patient leaflets) relevant to chronic disease management were collected.
First, the data collected for each case study (such as field notes, documents, tabular materials, and narratives) will be compiled into a formal database [ 60, 84, 85].
The chosen method in the current study with field notes and use of narrative language was seen to be useful for those patients with CLBP and depression in articulating issues.
Observation notes, presenter narratives and interview summaries were reviewed in their complete form by the analytic team, which was comprised of the two principal investigators, two research associates, and the project coordinator.
For each patient, all available associated data were extracted, including narrative notes and hospital discharge summaries.
A typical electronic health record can comprise numerous individual databases (for example, containing billing information, laboratory results, narrative notes, and so forth); the i2b2 workbench allows data to be aggregated and queried across these diverse data sources, and integrated into a standard database format.
But the Library of Congress has hundreds of boxes of the guides' raw material: correspondence, interview transcripts, slave narratives, research notes and photographs.
My Life in Pieces reproduces some of his occasional journalism – reviews, previews, programme notes and obituaries, strung along a narrative of his life that cleverly links the pieces without going over too much old ground.
