In subsequent sessions some practices met regularly to review progress on agreed tasks and a number undertook visits to other practices.
As part of their training, study teams were attached for two days to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit in the paediatric department of the National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, where they undertook visits to the nearby Basic Health Units.
Some participants preferred to do their visits in the morning, so that data generated from the visit could be documented in the afternoon; one, however, undertook visits in the evening, because members of the family would be back from work at that point.
All but one of the respondents had undertaken visits to Uganda to support the programme and were involved with teaching, clinical work, clinical experience, service review and research.
Our pilot study shows that for frail patients with chronic diseases, the virtual ward service, with physicians and nurses undertaking visits to the patient's home, results in a significantly greater reduction in the number of admissions via emergency admissions as compared to matched controls receiving the usual community nursing service.
Data suggest that in some jurisdictions, including Australia, many GPs want to be involved in palliative care delivery but have decreasing capacity to undertake visits to homes or aged care facilities due to workload, time constraints and inadequate remuneration [ 7, 122- 126].
She undertook gruelling visits to Japan, India, Israel, Europe, Australia, everywhere championing the disabled and the dispossessed.
The 1-year intervention was carried out by nurses and physiotherapists working as case managers, who undertook home visits at least once a month.
The researcher undertook field visits to each country for 10 14 days, and attended a regional tobacco control conference, to collect data.
Three quarters (74%%) of pregnant women undertake one antenatal care (ANC) visit, while 47%% undertake four visits.
The team works on a rota basis, so I could be the duty officer responsible for our helpline, undertaking home visits, carrying out assessments during one of our introduction weeks or providing centre-based training.
