Efficacy Related Experiences among Medical Social Officers: A Qualitative Study Among Officers of Northeast Punjab
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Medical Social Officers, Efficacy, ConstructivistAbstract
This qualitative research endeavor, summarizes the experiences of Medical Social Officers from their own perspectives regarding their efficacy. The MSO’s general experiences based on efficacy were examined by employing qualitative research design’s purposive sampling research technique. The Crisis Intervention theory by Elbert R. Roberts and Allen J. Otten formed core of the study to provide it a detailed exploration. The qualitative research design was based upon Edmond Husserl’s Transcendental phenomenology in present research. For qualitative data analysis, interpretive phenomenological analysis was applied. The Medical Social Officers of Lahore, Gujranwala and Sialkot, three major districts of Northeast Punjab, were the human universe of the study. A primary finding in studying the nature of this phenomenon of efficacy of Medical Social Officers is that usually they are in need to be heard with regard to their psychological well-being in general. Although the public hospitals of Northeast Punjab provide fruitful experiences but are also in need to adopt and transform according to rapidly changing global world.
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