A group of nurse educators practising in peri-operative settings reviewed the tool for face validity and piloted the tool.
Pilot tools with employees, or find out what they're already using before implementing something site-wide — more likely than not, a simpler solution has already been adopted.
While non-European countries were excluded from the review as our aim was to examine tools being used to measure maternity care in European countries, much may be learned from adapting and piloting tools across different contexts.
One review author (GT) piloted the tool with two included studies and finalized the tool based on experience gained from the pilot testing.
We conducted conceptual analyses, interviews and standardized ratings with experts, and piloted the tool with 338 pre-service and in-service teachers.
More recently, NomoGaia piloted a tool for evaluating the human rights implications of the Disi Water Conveyance Project in Jordan.
We piloted the tool and received suggestions from our community-advisory board.
Then, one review author (KRS) piloted the tool with four (22%) of the included studies.
We piloted the tool on the impact on women's knowledge of gestational weight gain (GWG) goals, and evaluated its potential in promoting appropriate knowledge about GWG within the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines.
ODI has also developed a SEDP Social Audit Toolkit with detailed information on the four tools, based on the experience gained from piloting the tools in the Vietnamese context.
