What is it about?
Enrolling a sufficient number of participants is a challenge for many researchers, but especially for researchers who must rely on staff in clinical settings to inform patients/clients about participating in research studies. Even in clinical settings where the participant population is abundant, as gatekeepers, the priority of clinical staff is justifiably providing clinical care. In this paper, three researchers describe the strategies that they used to successfully engage clinical staff in studies conducted in three diverse settings and with different populations. To increase their utility, these engagement tips/strategies have been arranged by phase of research: early in study protocol development, the middle phase of enrollment and data collection, and the completion phase in closing a study.
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Why is it important?
The recruitment of an adequate number of research participants is not ensured in the context of clinical settings. Clinical staff members have rightly prioritised clinical care over research. Thus, researchers should be prepared to take an active problem solving stance with regard to the engagement of clinical staff members at all stages of research. Finally, it is vital that the researcher realise that recruitment challenges are a common problem endemic to clinical settings, and are not necessarily the result of inept planning.
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This page is a summary of: Strategies to engage clinical staff in subject recruitment, Journal of Research in Nursing, November 2010, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1744987110387475.
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