A brief education session improved telephone communication in a simulated environment above baseline for over six months, achieved functional retention of the acronym over a seven to eight month period and resulted in self reports of transfer of the learning into practice.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford has told AMs he has given the Welsh Ambulance Service three months to achieve "urgent improvements", after it again failed to meet response time targets.
However, recruitment period had to be extended for three months to achieve the target sample size.
It is worth noting that we also had to negotiate with our funders for an extension in the study deadline of three months to achieve our revised and scaled-down objectives, without incurring any increased costs, through a reduction in expected sample sizes offsetting continuing staff costs.
His symptoms gradually subsided, and after six months, he achieved near-complete remission.
Cessation at six months was achieved by 19% (n=47) of intervention and 9% (n=19) of usual care patients, although this difference was not significant (adjusted odds ratio 1.53 (95% confidence interval 0.60 to 3.91); P=0.3.91
The cells were clonally expanded and serially passaged up to seven generations over 3 months, achieving an increase in cell number calculated to be up to 3,200-fold 3,200-fold
The first wave of Independent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTCs) has ensured that almost 100,000 patients have received their treatment faster - bringing down the waiting times for cataract operations, for instance, to a maximum of three months, a target achieved four years earlier than promised.
Gratifyingly, 2006 is off to a stronger start than last year and in three months has already achieved a 4.5% total return, half of what most commentators thought would take the entire year.
It took three months before he achieved his first win.
