Guided by TCM theory, practically, an illness is diagnosed and differentiated into the TCM pathogenic patterns or syndromes of yin, yang, excess, deficiency, heat, cold, etc. from patient-reported symptoms together with the signs identified by TCM practitioners' observation, listening, smelling, and palpation [ 2].
The research design involved semi-structured interviews with 18 practitioners and observations of 10 team meetings, and was part of a larger study on factors influencing referral to rehabilitation in the same settings.
Next, the theme anticipating change referred to the way practitioners explained how observations create meanings.
These data, along with the practitioner's own observations of the patient and of the patient's interaction with the practitioner, form the basis for a preliminary diagnostic assessment.
Practitioners traditionally use observation to classify the position of patients' anatomical landmarks.
The threat empiricism presented to the College lay in its valuing more highly the observations of practitioners who had personally observed and treated a disease.
Investigators analyzed their notes from the demonstration session (direct observations and practitioner verbal comments) and practitioners' written feedback for overarching and convergent themes of (e.g. acceptability of training content) as well as specific critiques and suggestions for revision.
While the 2012 2017 "vaccine policy" should emphasize the central role of general practitioners in France, these observations invite to develop innovative collaboration with pharmacists in the search of a better vaccine coverage.
Moreover, confronted with observations from practitioners, they might lead to a better understanding of the failure or success of a particular design and to work on the product optimisation.
For instance, the abstract, idealised objects which dominate physics are not created by or for the sake of philosophers; they are created so that scientific practitioners can allow their observations to lead to predictions that hold in a wider set of cases.
