Recruiting Family Physicians as Participants in Research

Obtaining the voluntary participation of family physicians in quality of care research is a major problem in family practice research. An innovative approach was therefore required to recruit 120 randomly selected family physicians in southern Ontario in a quality of care study by the College of Fam...

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Published in:Family practice 1989-09, Vol.6 (3), p.168-172
Main Authors: BORGIEL, ALEX E M, DUNN, EARL V, LAMONT, CAMPBELL T, MACDONALD, PETER J, EVENSEN, MARY K, BASS, MARTIN J, SPASOFF, ROBERT A, WILLIAMS, JIVAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Confidentiality
Humans
Motivation
Ontario
Peer Group
Personnel Management
Personnel Selection - methods
Physicians, Family - psychology
Quality of Health Care
Random Allocation
Research Personnel - psychology
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Summary:Obtaining the voluntary participation of family physicians in quality of care research is a major problem in family practice research. An innovative approach was therefore required to recruit 120 randomly selected family physicians in southern Ontario in a quality of care study by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. A network of physician recruiters oriented to the study was organized for each district. This recruitment method resulted in an 84.5% participation rate. The relationship of these physician recruiters to the candidate and the method of approach were important factors in the enrolment process: the highest participation rate (95%) was obtained when the recruiters were friends of the candidate and when a personal meeting was arranged (91%). Recruiters were given an information package to help them in the recruitment process and rated the most useful items as follows: a policy statement about confidentiality, a description of the study and reprints of a published feasibility study. These results illustrate that cooperation in research in family physicians' offices can become a reality.
ISSN:0263-2136
1460-2229
DOI:10.1093/fampra/6.3.168