Workshop: 'Optimising recruitment into RCTs in surgery: workshops for surgeons and research nurses'

In 2015, a series of interactive workshops were recently delivered by members of ConDuCT-II’s Theme 2 (Integrative and dynamic research methods to optimise recruitment to RCTs) to surgeons and research nurses to enhance their skills in recruiting patients to surgical trials. The team developed the workshops, based on over 10 years of researching trial recruitment, to be delivered separately to surgeons and nurses working in different disease areas to target common difficulties when recruiting patients to surgical trials. Key aspects of trial recruitment were discussed and skills shared to facilitate effective recruitment and informed consent for randomisation. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive, particularly from surgeons - “Extremely difficult subject, especially for surgeons. I found the workshop extremely useful”. Please contact Nicky Mills if you would like to be placed on a waiting list for similar recruitment workshops in the future.

Bristol Centre for Surgical Research

Previous workshops and courses organised by the Bristol Centre for Surgical Research are listed here:

•  eSSC (external student-selected component) for medical undergraduate students
• 7th annual 'Research, Audit & Quality Improvement' day