Samantha Freeman, Janelle Yorke, Paul Dark
Critically ill patients' experience of agitation: A qualitative meta-synthesis
Nursing in critical care
determine skills make good consultant haematological microscopist explore skills develop training determine whether skills maintained following training twenty consultant haematologists underwent semistructured interview explore issues interviews transcribed analysed common themes using nvivo analytic package provides rich subjective qualitative data opposed hard objective quantitative data experience methodicity interest commonest skills mentioned however 25 interviewees admitted longer followed format reporting interviewees agreed passed hypotheticodeductive schemeinductive diagnostic reasoning model acquisition expertise 20 undertaken refresher training since becoming consultants majority undertake peer review work skills could form basis vocational revalidation assessments practice haematological microscopy elucidation skill development help refine standards remedial training process deliberate practice finally low uptake refresher courses established consultants needs serious consideration