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Table 3 Examples of preliminary staff performance objectives

From: Using intervention mapping to develop an occupational advice intervention to aid return to work following hip and knee replacement in the United Kingdom

Staff performance objective

Stage in pathway

Unresolved questions from Step 1

Surgeon asks patients about their usual work and expectations of RTW following surgery

At first clinic appointment/listing

How do we ensure this is done? What tools can we develop to enable this process?

Staff provide ‘at risk’ patients with RTW checklist to complete with their employer

At listing

How do we identify ‘at risk’ patients and what tools could assist with this? What would the checklist include?

Staff summarise patient’s expected RTW outcome and RTW plan in ward discharge letter

Following surgery

How will junior doctors on the ward find this information? What specific information will be sent to the GP?