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Measurement and Review >> Data collection methods

b. Data collection by clinicians

This method depends on busy clinicians incorporating data collection for the project into their routine activities. Clinicians will need to see the benefits of this process if their participation as data collectors is to be guaranteed.

 

 
  Clinicians� heavy workloads may result in high levels of missing data and inaccurately recorded data, necessitating a high level of data cleaning by the project.  
 
 

Successful development of data collection by clinicians will contribute to project sustainability.

A number of different versions of data collection by clinicians are possible, for example:

  • Real time electronic data entry;
  • Data recording on project-designed forms for subsequent manual data entry;
  • Data recording on project-designed forms for direct scanning into project database.
 

 
  Integrating decision support and data collection into one tool/document can save you time.