Again, individuals were selected for interview through a process of consultation with relevant organisations and with members of the expert consultation groups.
Emergency admissions for the three commonest medical presentations at paediatric EDs (i.e., breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea [ 5- 7, 13]) were selected for analysis in consultation with local paediatricians as these conditions may be managed at home by CCNTs.
Methodologically, although the outcomes assessed in this study are valid given the scenario selected for the simulated consultation, they may not be valid for a study designed to assess the transfer of learned skills to clinical practice (Delvaux et al, 2005).
Among the 48 patients who were selected for the post-consultation interviews, 27 were women, the median age was 60, and 40 had a BMI ≥ 25.
Individuals who had been diagnosed with T2DM for at least one year, spoke either Bengali or Sylheti and were attending the outpatient department of our selected sites for consultation were approached by the research team and invited to participate in the study.
The young people's consultations are riding on the back of the national process as Malawi is one of the 50 countries selected for the Post 2015 consultation process.
Additionally we held stimulated recall interviews with twelve GPs about two consultations selected for a strong focus on reassurance.
The two most frequent reasons travelers selected for seeking pre-travel consultations were concern about health issues related to travel (32%) and referral from their primary care physician (19%).
Relevant conceptual domains were selected for inclusion through an extensive consultation process involving all ten country teams and relevant content experts and a follow-up workshop that brought together content experts and pilot-country investigators also informed the identification of relevant conceptual domains.
In the four health facilities, 39 ANC consultations were selected for observation by convenience sampling.
