Brent Thoma1,2, Mike Paddock3,4, Eve Purdy2,5, Jonathan Sherbino6, William Ken Milne7, Marshall Siemens1, Emil Petrusa5, Teresa Chan6. 1. Department of Emergency Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada. 2. Center for Interprofessional Studies and Innovation Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions Boston MA. 3. Department of Emergency Medicine Regions Hospital Saint Paul MN. 4. Department of Emergency Medicine University of Minnesota Saint Paul MN. 5. Department of Emergency Medicine Queens University Kingston Ontario Canada. 6. Division of Emergency Medicine Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada. 7. Department of Emergency Medicine Western University London Ontario.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To power the METRIQ (Medical Education Translational Resources: Impact and Quality) Study adequately, we aimed to recruit > 200 medical students, residents, and attendings to complete a 90- to 120-minute survey by leveraging a virtual community of practice (vCoP). METHODS: Participants were recruited using personal (conference campaign and e-mails) and online (a study website and social media campaign utilizing Twitter, Facebook, blogs, podcasts, an infographic, and a YouTube video) techniques that leveraged relationships within a virtual community or practice. Participants received weekly survey reminders for 4 weeks and at the end of the rating period. Survey completion rates were calculated. RESULTS: A total of 380 potential participants completed an intake form (139 medical students, 120 residents, 121 attendings), 330 consented to participate, and 309 (81.3% of interested and 93.9% of consenting participants) completed the full survey (121, 88, and 100, respectively). The required sample size was achieved. CONCLUSIONS: The METRIQ Study utilized a multimodal recruitment campaign that targeted a vCoP. It recruited large numbers of participants with high completion rates. Response rates could not be calculated given the uncertainty surrounding the number of individuals invited to participate.
OBJECTIVES: To power the METRIQ (Medical Education Translational Resources: Impact and Quality) Study adequately, we aimed to recruit > 200 medical students, residents, and attendings to complete a 90- to 120-minute survey by leveraging a virtual community of practice (vCoP). METHODS: Participants were recruited using personal (conference campaign and e-mails) and online (a study website and social media campaign utilizing Twitter, Facebook, blogs, podcasts, an infographic, and a YouTube video) techniques that leveraged relationships within a virtual community or practice. Participants received weekly survey reminders for 4 weeks and at the end of the rating period. Survey completion rates were calculated. RESULTS: A total of 380 potential participants completed an intake form (139 medical students, 120 residents, 121 attendings), 330 consented to participate, and 309 (81.3% of interested and 93.9% of consenting participants) completed the full survey (121, 88, and 100, respectively). The required sample size was achieved. CONCLUSIONS: The METRIQ Study utilized a multimodal recruitment campaign that targeted a vCoP. It recruited large numbers of participants with high completion rates. Response rates could not be calculated given the uncertainty surrounding the number of individuals invited to participate.
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Authors: Philip James Edwards; Ian Roberts; Mike J Clarke; Carolyn Diguiseppi; Reinhard Wentz; Irene Kwan; Rachel Cooper; Lambert M Felix; Sarah Pratap Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2009-07-08
Authors: Brent Thoma; Mike Paddock; Eve Purdy; Jonathan Sherbino; William Ken Milne; Marshall Siemens; Emil Petrusa; Teresa Chan Journal: AEM Educ Train Date: 2017-03-22
Authors: Daniel K Ting; Brent Thoma; S Luckett-Gatopoulos; Adam Thomas; Shahbaz Syed; Michael Bravo; Fareen Zaver; Eve Purdy; Edmund S H Kwok; Teresa M Chan Journal: AEM Educ Train Date: 2018-11-02
Authors: Andrew Grock; Jaime Jordan; Fareen Zaver; Isabelle N Colmers-Gray; Keeth Krishnan; Teresa Chan; Brent Thoma; Charlotte Alexander; Mohammed Alkhalifah; Abdulaziz S Almehlisi; Saeed Alqahtani; Scott Anderson; Shelaina Anderson; Colin Andrews; Jocelyn Andruko; Nikytha Antony; Diptesh Aryal; Barbra Backus; Jennifer Baird; Andrew Baker; Sarah Batty; Jared Baylis; Braeden Beaumont; Chris Belcher; Brent Benavides; Michael Benham; Julian Botta; Elyse Berger Pelletier; Nicholas Bouchard; Victoria Brazil; Emily Brumfield; Anthony Bryson; Wisarut Bunchit; Kat Butler; Lindy Buzikievich; David Calcara; Rob Carey; Maria Rosa Carrillo; Stephen Carroll; Casey Lyons; Louise Cassidy; Kirsty Challen; Kathryn Chan; Tim Chaplin; Natasha Chatham-Zvelebil; Eric Chen; Lucy Chen; Sushant Chhabra; Alvin Chin; Eric Chochi; Tina Choudhri; Jeremy Christensen; Kimberly Connors; Veronica Coppersmith; Abby Cosgrove; Gregory Costello; Kevin Cullison; Andrew D'Alessandro; Kerstin Wit; Marie Decock; Rayan Delbani; William Denq; Julianna Deutscher; Brendan Devine; Maia Dorsett; Taylor Duda; Justin Dueweke; Teresa Dunphy; Sean Dyer; Karthryn T Eastley; Marcia Edmonds; Ken Edwards; Robert Ehrman; Youness Elkhalidy; Preston Fedor; Brian Ficiur; Caley Flynn; Bill Fraser; Meagan Fu; James Fukakusa; Eric Funk; Damjan Gaco; Viktor Gawlik; Kenn Ghaffarian; Laleh Gharahbaghian; Andrew Griffith; Phil Griffith; Tanner Gronowski; Cathy Grossman; Jaroslaw Gucwa; Pawan Gupta; Alexandra Gustafson; Andrew Guy; Mary Haas; Stanislaw Haciski; Emina Hajdinjak; Andrew K Hall; Regina Hammock; Jan Hansel; Alexander Hart; Larissa Hattin; Brandon Herb; SueLin Hilbert; Jeff Hill; Jesse Hill; Amy Ho; Emily House; Nina House; Simon York Ming Huang; James Huffman; Charlie Inboriboon; Alex Ireland; Ali Jamal; Mohammad Ali Jamil; Victor Jansen; Zach Jarou; Vivian Jia; Levi Johnston; Drew Kalnow; Puneet Kapur; Seth Kelly; Kyle Kelson; William Kent; Rishi Khakhkhar; Jaasmit Khurana; Ashley Kilp; Scott Knapp; Sebastian Kohler; Ivanna Kruhlak; Nadim Lalani; Samantha Lam; Patrick Lank; Zander Laurie; Kristina Lea; Ernest Leber; Ching-Hsing Lee; Haakon Lenes; Nilantha Lenora; Jesse Leontowicz; Kelly Lien; Michelle Lin; Yingchun Lin; Andrew Little; Harry Liu; Ivy Liu; Steve Liu; Stephanie Louka; Elise Lovell; David Lowe; Ashley Lubberdink; Jessica Luc; Sheng-Hsiang Ma; Hugh MacLeod; Nick Mancuso; Anali Maneshi; Jesse May; John Mayo; Mike McDonnell; Susan McLellan; Carolyn McQuarrie; Therese Mead; Cory Meeuwisse; Patrick Meloy; Perry Menzies; Anne Messman; Stephen Miazga; Logan Mills; Allan Mix; Steve Montag; Brendan Moore; Justin Morgenstern; Sarah Mott; P Mukherj; Ali Mulla; Sheena Nandalal; Taylor Nikel; Julia Nood; Sean Nugent; Morgan Oakland; Werner Oberholzer; Onyeka Otugo; Taofiq Segun Oyedokun; Alim Pardhan; Kinjal Patel; Quinten Paterson; Catherine Patocka; Christine Patterson; James Pearlman; Alexis Pelletier-Bui; Marc Phan; Zafrina Poonja; Aubrey Powell; Kamini Premkumar; Gregor Prosen; Vishal Puri; Tanis Quaife; Ryan Raffel; Ali Raja; Randi Ramunno; Louise Rang; Suzanne Rannazzisi; Shauna Regan; Salim R Rezaie; Milan Ridderikhof; Vanessa Rogers; Christine Roh; Keith Rosenberg; Marina Roure; Sherri Rudinsky; Joshua Rudner; Adeeb Saleh; Will Sanderson; Owen Scheirer; Paul Schofield; Paul Schunk; Evan Schwarz; Parisa Shahrabadi; Eric Shappell; Julia Sheffield; Manpreet Singh; Hector C Singson; Dave Slessor; Sam Smith; Paula Sneath; Robert Sobehart; Kerry Spearing; James Stempien; Britni Sternard; Tara Stratton; Katherine Stuart; Bob Stuntz; Michael Susalla; Colleen Sweeney; Loice Swisher; Henry Swoboda; Shahbaz Syed; Taku Taira; Nikhil Tambe; Richard Tang; Elisha Targonsky; Alan Taylor; Rachel Taylor; Todd Taylor; Paxton Ting; Gerhard Tiwald; Evelyn Tran; Kelvin Tran; Jason Trickovic; Paul Trinquero; Aaron Tyagi; Manrique Umana; Patrick Vallance; Patricia Van den Berg; Kelly van Diepen; Luis Vargas; Rene Verbeek; Sandra Viggers; Zlata Vlodaver; Matthew Wagner; Noorin Walji; Joe Walter; Miranda Wan; Rachel Wang; Gregory Wanner; Wyatt Warawa; Mike Ward; Jennifer Weekes; Kristen Weersink; Cara Weessies; Anna Whalen-Browne; Brian Whiteside; Matthew Willis; Jonas Wilmer; Nelson Wong; Mark Woodcroft; Rob Woods; Lawrence Yau; Jessica Yee; Calvin Yeh; Katherine Yurkiw; Fareen Zaver; Alexander Zozula Journal: AEM Educ Train Date: 2021-05-16
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