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Outline
Time Scale of the Research
The
following table outlines an indicative time scale. This will be
affected by the way that Phase Two is handled within the participating
countries. Until this is clarified, it is important to build in
flexibility, whilst recognising the need to provide key deliverables.
| PHASE
ONE - 10 months duration |
| Months
1-10
Two
country case studies
Instrument
development
Research
protocol finalisation |
- Undertake
qualitative case studies of shiatsu practice (two country
study - e.g. UK and Germany
- Develop
questionnaire
- Pilot
questionnaire
- Finalise
main study protocol
- Write
up results to date for external professional, academic and
practitioner audiences (as a funding support tool and key
marker for the discipline)
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| PHASE
TWO - 18-20 months duration |
| Months
11: Setting up
Translation
- research protocol, instruments
Recruit
practitioners |
Translation
of instruments
Final
refinements to main study protocol with ESF and country representatives
Obtain
within country appropriate ethical clearance
Brief
national associations
Recruitment
and brief practitioners |
| Months
12-22: Main Study
(Note
- this may need to be extended by 2 months depending on recruitment
of new users, with implications for subsequent time scales)
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Recruitment
of up to 10 consequent new clients
Follow
up for 6 months after first recruitment
Ongoing
data collection (administrative role of national associations
with participating practitioners; practitioners with recruited
clients) and sent on (once copied) to project co-ordinator
(Salford) for data input
Final
receiver questionnaire sent out from Salford
Translation
of open-ended data |
| Months
23-27: Analysis and Report Writing |
Detailed
analysis
Report
writing |
| Months
27-28: Dissemination
Reports,
workshops, papers |
Dissemination
to ESF and national associations
Reports
to non-shiatsu community
Papers
in academic and professional journals |
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