As a researcher, Nicole arranged meetings around patients’ availabilities
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And then we also worked, like set up meeting times that were like best for them, because one of them is a student and one of them has a full-time government job, so there’s like only certain days and times that can work for meetings and stuff, so we tried to like base it around them and what they wanted as much as possible.
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