As a follow-up question on the question regarding preferred contract, respondents were asked: Would your preferred type of contract still apply if you could be assured that the ability to control working hours, professional development, professional autonomy, and income would be the same in private practice (or salary, when that was the stated preferred contract )?
Each of the three questions (except the question on previous treatment, which was informational only) was scored on a 5-point scale.
For all questions except the question on 'system-level research and information needs' (e.g., Question 4b), the participants were seated at the stakeholder group specific tables.
To assess the validity of small questionnaires of 4,5 and 1 questions, based on the 15-question Spanish version of the Yesavage geriatric depression scale (GDS-VE), for diagnosing depression in the over-65s.
Clicker question scores on the repeated questions were compared post- versus preactivity for each student and for each activity.
The students were asked to critique the other group's question, based on the research-question characteristics they had learned.
In that particular study, students were allowed to vote on a clicker question, discuss the question, and revote on the same question.
"My question on Chechnya was an honest one, the question of a friend," he said.
Apart from the first seven questions on demographics, questions 1, 2 and 10 were not suitable for scoring (refer to the Additional file 1).
Each of the three questions (the fourth question on previous treatment was for information only) was scored on a 5-point scale.
