![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-19-114615-300x283.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nEach month our Research Pharmacy Team compiles a list of patients who have received a biologic the previous month. I then quickly filter out the names I recognise from being on the study already. I then read the patient’s last clinic letter which will state the diagnosis, if they have either started a new drug recently or are continuing long-term treatment. Once I wheedle out the ineligible patients, I then go through each potential patient more thoroughly to check their eligibility.<\/p>\n
Have you overcome any barriers to recruitment?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n By telephoning the patients first of all to ask if I can send them the information. If the patient doesn’t have a face-to-face appointment, I make up a bundle with the PIS, Outreach Letter, Transparency letter (all the reading only material).<\/p>\n In a separate bundle I add the ICF, the HAQ, EuroQOL (forms that need completing by the patient) and a pre-paid envelope with a compliment slip which contains instructions of what to do. This makes it as simple as possible for them to take part without any disruption to their lives.<\/p>\n How do you manage to keep on top of the follow up for participants?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I can get overwhelmed when I logon and see a lot of outstanding follow ups, and I like the colour-coded system. When I feel I have too many to do, I aim to complete the red ones first, then the pink. It’s really satisfying to see them all turn green.<\/p>\n What advice would you offer someone who is starting work on the register at their hospital?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Final Thoughts…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It initially took me a long time to get to grips with study, pre-Covid. Mainly because I ‘inherited’ it overnight, having never worked in Rheumatology. I had to learn everything from scratch. I feel like I have come a long way since then, mainly because of the support I have received from the BSRBR-RA study team.<\/p>\n Anne-Marie is a Clinical Research Practitioner at Kettering General Hospital.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n If you have any questions about the BSRBR-RA study, please get in touch!<\/em><\/p>\n Email – biologics.register@manchester.ac.uk<\/em><\/p>\n Telephone – 0161 275 1652<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav _builder_version=”3.0.106″ in_same_term=”off” show_prev=”on” show_next=”on” prev_text=”Previous” next_text=”Next” locked=”on” parent_locked=”off” \/][et_pb_comments _builder_version=”3.0.106″ show_avatar=”on” show_reply=”on” show_count=”on” background_layout=”light” header_font_size_tablet=”51″ header_line_height_tablet=”2″ custom_button=”on” button_icon_placement=”right” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_use_icon=”off” locked=”on” parent_locked=”off” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_size__hover=”null” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover=”null” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover=”null” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover=”null” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover=”null” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover=”null” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover=”null” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover=”null” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover=”null” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover=”null” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover=”null” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover=”null” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover=”null” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover=”null” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover=”null” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover=”null” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover=”null” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover=”null” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover=”null” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover=”null” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover=”null” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Related posts” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light” locked=”on” parent_locked=”off”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=”3.0.106″ area=”sidebar-1″ orientation=”left” show_border=”off” background_layout=”light” locked=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Connect Title” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ background_color=”#1d1d1d” module_class=”footer-section” prev_background_color=”#ffffff” global_module=”380″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” global_parent=”380″ locked=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” make_equal=”off” module_id=”footer-row” _builder_version=”3.0.89″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Contact Us Title” global_parent=”380″ background_layout=”dark” text_text_color=”#ffffff” parent_locked=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Contact Us” global_parent=”380″ text_text_color=”#aaaaaa” parent_locked=”off” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” module_class=”contact-us” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n +44 (0) 161 306 6000<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Find Us Title” global_parent=”380″ background_layout=”dark” text_text_color=”#ffffff” parent_locked=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Address” global_parent=”380″ background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” module_id=”address” parent_locked=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n The University of Manchester [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Connect Title” global_parent=”380″ background_layout=”dark” text_text_color=”#ffffff” parent_locked=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=”Social Media” global_parent=”380″ parent_locked=”off” _builder_version=”3.17.6″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/ul>\n [\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introducing Anne-Marie, one of our fantastic register champions on the BSRBR-RA Study. We asked Anne-Marie some questions on how she recruits participants successfully, and how she stays on top of the follow ups. How do you identify eligible participants for BSRBR-RA? Each month our Research Pharmacy Team compiles a list of patients who have received […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7647,"featured_media":1713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare-professionals","category-interview","category-register-champions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1720,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions\/1720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/bsrbr-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Related<\/h1>\n
Related posts:<\/h3>
Recruitment Workshop<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a>
NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a>
Celebrating our BSRBR-RA sites<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>
Contact Us<\/h4>\n
Find Us<\/h4>\n
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK<\/a><\/p>\nConnect With Us<\/h4>\n
<\/p>\n
![\"Facebook](\"\/\/assets.manchester.ac.uk\/phase1\/templates\/images\/icon-facebook-50.png\"){kind=icon}
<\/a><\/li>\n![\"Twitter](\"\/\/assets.manchester.ac.uk\/phase1\/templates\/images\/icon-twitter-50.png\"){kind=icon}
<\/a><\/li>\n![\"YouTube](\"\/\/assets.manchester.ac.uk\/phase1\/templates\/images\/icon-youtube-50.png\"){kind=icon}
<\/a><\/li>\n![\"Instagram](\"\/\/assets.manchester.ac.uk\/phase1\/templates\/images\/icon-instagram-50.svg\"){kind=icon}
<\/a><\/li>\n