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Key Milestones

In the light of the proposed staged funding approach for the study, reports (including financial) on the study will be provided at the end of Phase One, the mid-point of Phase Two and the end of Phase Two. Associated key milestones for the project are as follows:

  • Phase One

Month 1

Month 5

Month 7

Month 8

Month 10

Begin UK focus group discussions

Write up of UK case study, for extension to Germany

Undertake first workshop in Germany

Write up Germany case study

Develop pilot data collection instruments

Write up report

  • Phase Two

Month 11

Month 12

Month 16

Month 19

Month 22

Month 23

Month 27

Month 28

Translation of data collection instruments

Begin recruitment of practitioners

Recruitment of new users begins

End of treatment questionnaire for first recruits distributed

Ongoing data entry and translation of open-ended questionnaire responses

Final questionnaire sent to first new user

End of field work

Begin data analysis

Draft of final report, papers and workshop

Finalise final report

It should be noted that the fieldwork in Phase Two may need to be extended depending on the ease/difficulty of recruitment of new users. This will have knock-on effects for the time scale of the research and its final cost.