Individual Cancer Councils face very different circumstances from each other and have utilised different opportunities and approaches to contributing to efforts to improve Indigenous health outcomes.
Harris Wittels utilised every opportunity to share his comedic musings throughout his short life.
The researcher utilised this opportunity to address school authorities on the nature and procedural issues of the research project and to agree on specific dates for data collection.
In addition, the researcher utilised the opportunity to identify the participating classes and students in each of the participating secondary schools for the main study.
First year clinical and nursing students in Ibadan Nigeria have not fully utilised the opportunity that the use of computer and internet offer for medical education.
This study took a pragmatic approach and utilised the opportunity provided by the introduction of a new RRS (a natural experiment) to evaluate its impact on achieving PPD and costs.
8 We utilised this opportunity to collect longitudinal data from a contemporaneous cohort of preterm babies born at less than 32 weeks' gestation and construct descriptive birth weight centiles by gestational age, and longitudinal growth curves by postmenstrual age.
21 The study explored how participants utilised the opportunity to make free-text comments as part of the England PROMs survey programme for cancer, and examined how emerging themes complement formal PROMs to provide understanding of QoL issues for cancer survivors.
Utilising these opportunities is a clear example of the process of tailoring program activities to local circumstances, while maintaining the core program component of learning and skills development.
For example, some practice nurses with special interests were perceived to be motivated by more exacting standards (such as NICE guidelines) than their GPs (who were oriented to QOF) and to be more committed to attending educational courses, obtaining formal qualifications, and utilising mentoring opportunities.
It has caused us to reflect on our journey over the last 20 years, on the progress we have made, and on the opportunities utilised and lost".
