He was a polemicist rather than an analyst or political thinker – his headteacher at the Leys school in Cambridge presciently forecast a future as a pamphleteer – and, like all the best polemicists, brought to his work outstanding skills of reporting and observation.
Our study showed that a patient safety course together with an incident reporting tool, can result in a large number of incidents observed by residents, which demonstrates the presence of reporting skills, and at the same time can improve residents' knowledge, attitudes and modestly their behavior.
It is anticipated, for example, that the questions will address the context and factors such as informal decision-making processes, and the impact of different professional groups' perspectives, knowledge base and skill set on the use of reporting guidelines.
It is a demanding form, requiring weeks or months of reporting and painstaking skill in leaving out all the boring stuff.
Likewise, providers employed on a full-time basis had 1.7 (95 % CI: 1.1 2.7; P value 0.014) and 2.2 (95 % CI: 1.3 3.7; P value 0.002) times the odds of reporting self-perceived skills to execute the tasks and activities associated with the proposed change when compared to part-timers and temporary/casual workers, respectively.
The tools – and media – might have changed dramatically since Watergate but, as Leigh and Harding show, the thrill and skill of great reporting is just the same.
The next question was whether the differences in the frequency of reported skill learning varied among the disciplines represented in the schools as shown in Table 3 below.
And Dr Linje Manyozo, lecturer in media, communication and development, at LSE discusses the impact of authority discrepancy on development reporting - can journalists be trained with the right skills to report the true voices of those in developing countries?
Of crucial importance in the assessment of incontinence and constipation is an adequate period of follow-up to allow assessment of children at an age when continence should be expected, and they have gained the necessary level of maturity and communication skills to report these outcomes.
Policymakers' characteristics were also reported to play a role in evidence uptake, with their research skills and awareness (or lack of) reported as a barrier in 34 studies.
