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. 2017 Jun 7;12:1669–1681. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S127504

Table 3.

Key theme 2 – preferred methods of training delivery, exemplar quotations

Master theme Subtheme Example
Face-to-face training Opportunity to ask questions “A study day run by health care professionals who work in this area would be beneficial and then people can ask questions” [Occupational therapist, secondary care]
Practice manual delivery “I’d like to work through it with someone that had been involved in setting it up and knew what they actually are looking for” [Respiratory nurse, secondary care]
Manual delivery demonstrations “A DVD would be a simple way you could do a team teaching session, stick the DVD in and watch it” [Physiotherapist, secondary care]
Demonstrate exercise section “Particularly [for] the exercise part you need a hands on, demonstrated part rather than just sitting and talking about it” [Respiratory nurse, secondary care]
Observe motivational process “I’d love to see [the manual] in action and how [the health care professional] talks to the patients and motivates them” [Respiratory nurse, secondary care]
Group interaction “When you actually get together […] you’ll bounce off each other’s ideas […] sometimes the most simplest ideas come out of group discussions” [Occupational therapist, secondary care]
Self-study Manual familiarization “I would really need to spend a lot of time looking through it myself and getting to know it” [Community respiratory nurse, primary care]
Independent study “Blood gases and patients retaining things and being hypoxic […] I think on those more medical things I need to brush up on” [Occupational therapist, secondary care]
Observations Allied COPD services “I keep meaning to go and visit the pulmonary rehab, I’ve been years ago and I’ve seen what I can remember of what goes on there, but it wouldn’t hurt to go again and just update […] and any ideas that I can pick up on that they can give me” [Community respiratory nurse]
E-Learning Accessibility “Face-to-face training might be difficult, I think e-learning might be an idea as you can access it from anywhere as long as you have a computer” [Physiotherapist, secondary care]
Demonstrate understanding “You could be assessed as to whether you’ve got the right amount of knowledge” [Research physiotherapist]
Engagement with material “I find it very easy to switch off when I am trying to do e-learning” [Respiratory research nurse, secondary care]