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Engaging Clinical End Users In The Development Of An Outcome Measurement Protocol For Pediatric Communicative Health Systems, Victoria Sherman, Danielle Glista, Barbara Jane Cunningham

PRECISe Preschool Speech and Language Publications

Purpose: To develop a conceptual framework of the factors likely to influence clinicians' use of a new participation-focused outcome measurement protocol in a large paediatric speech-language pathology program.Method: A convenience sample of 27 end users (clinicians, managers) were recruited from Ontario, Canada's Preschool Speech and Language Program. Participants engaged in one virtual concept mapping session in groups of five to six during which they learned about the new protocol, and generated statements in response to a prompt asking them to identify factors that would influence their use of the protocol. Following all sessions, participants asynchronously sorted and …