The randomization list was administrated by an external physician and was not divulged to study practitioners or patients.
In previous studies, practitioner change was enacted through practitioner involvement as a member of a CoP (e.g., [ 13]), but examples of influence beyond CoP members were few.
Since neither the study practitioner nor the subjects knew if verum or sham laser acupuncture was applied first, blinding was assured.
VGB, EMR, JRC, JAFG, ARV, JGL, RRM, CPT, AVM, JMPR, RMA, JAFG, MP, RMB, EBJ, MCS and LCC contributed to the study design, funding application, diffusion of the study, practitioner recruitment, study implementation and intervention development.
KG is an anthropologist who has studied parent-practitioner relationships in the context of ALL.
In the current study, practitioners knew their current uniforms did not offer protection and they hoped the new uniforms would offer protection.
Data is available as never before in many fields of study; practitioners are now burdened with the challenge of doing data-rich research rather than being data-starved.
Completed assessment booklets will be collected every two weeks from study practitioners by a research assistant.
In the focus group study of practitioners done at the same time as this study, practitioners also noted that patients were "incapable of reversing 40 years of bad habits" [ 16].
