title: Recruiting family physicians as participants in research.
abstract: 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.
authors: College of Family Physicians of Canada, University of Toronto.
authors: A E
authors: AE
authors: Borgiel
authors: E V
authors: EV
authors: Dunn
authors: C T
authors: CT
authors: Lamont
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: MacDonald
authors: M K
authors: MK
authors: Evensen
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Bass
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Spasoff
authors: J I
authors: JI
authors: Williams
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009864:Ontario; D010379:Peer Group; D010559:Personnel Management; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011897:Random Allocation; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology*