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The focus of this paper is on the methodological considerations of a PhD study which evaluated a guidance counsellor education programme, offered by a University in Ireland. The programme is offered as a two-year part-time course, which is delivered over four semesters and two summer schools. Good practice and areas for improvement were identified, acknowledged and affirmed throughout the study. However in doing so a number of methodological complexities were considered. The model selected for evaluating the programme negotiated the sensitive nature and the contextual dimensions of guidance counselling while also ensuring a depth in findings. Underlying the term 'evaluation' in the context of the study was the motivation to seek knowledge, explore and illuminate new learning in the area of guidance counsellor education. Therefore the study can be described as principally an evaluation with illuminative and exploratory characteristics. This paper explores the strengths and limitations of the methodological approach adopted.

. 4 Ward Sister. 5 Charge Nurse Plaster Theatre. The Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland.Sutntnary. A halo-body system is described which has been developed at Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital in Edinburgh. The system is easy to apply and consists of a standard halo, linked to malleable plates by two hollow vertical rods. These rods are connected to the ring by swivel joints which allow for the movements of flexion and extension. The malleable plates are incorporated into the plaster jacket which rests upon the iliac crests.The results of 13 patients who have had this system applied are discussed and include patients who have sustained fractures of the cervical spine or who have had bone destruction from metastic disease or from infection.U sing this type of system there have been few complications and the patients have benefitted from easy mobilisation.

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