Data included observations of professional development activities, classroom observations, teacher interviews, and student focus groups.
The program evaluation used teacher and student structured interviews, focus groups, site observations of professional development and classroom activities, and numerical and open-ended survey questions to determine program effectiveness.
However, they did well in some aspects including observation of professional boundaries with patients during treatment and equity in treatment for the patients during the radiological examination (mean score = 1.43).
The greatest ethical/ professional behaviours exhibited by radiographers that were the most indicators of satisfaction for the patients are the observation of professional boundaries with patients during treatment and equity in treatment for the patients during the radiological examination which drew mean scores of 1.43 each.
The data comprises: (1) interviews with a sample of patients and carers/family members; (2) interviews and observation of professionals working in a community falls prevention clinic (CFPC); and (3) observation of intervention development meetings and related activities (e.g. briefing meeting for clinic staff; informal discussions with team members responsible for intervention development).
The first four phases comprise multiple modes of focussed, unobtrusive observation of professionals at work, to enable us to trace the conceptualisation and enactment of safety as revealed in dialogue and narrative, use of artefacts and space, bodily activity and patterns of movement, and in the accomplishment of specific work tasks.
This paper describes the development and reliability of an instrument to measure and quantify the use of non-technical skills by direct observations of explicit professional oral communication (EPOC) in the clinical situation.
Non-unofficial estimates, based on the observations of health professionals, say that perhaps 25% of residents are infected.
Roughly, three different types of evidence can be distinguished: scientific data, observations of health professionals, and personal experiences of lay people.
By the time George was born, Rosemary was a lesser star (and her nephew's observation of her professional decline, and of her eventual addiction to prescription drugs, later contributed to his own career watchfulness).
The evaluation incorporated a content analysis of teacher materials, observation of a professional learning community meeting, and teacher interviews.
