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BSRBR-RA Recruitment Workshop, January 2026<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

We find talking to our fantastic sites invaluable in learning what works and what challenges they face. At the recent workshop, we delved into successful recruitment and received an insight into how our sites screen and consent participants for the study.<\/p>\n

What works really well?<\/u><\/h4>\n

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Attending drug education clinics \u2013 <\/u>the benefit is that the patients get to know the research staff and then when eligible for the study, the relationship has already been established.<\/p>\n

Close liaison across departments \u2013 <\/u>for example, research staff attending rheumatology clinics cements the relationship with the rheumatology staff who are often well placed to identify potential participants.<\/p>\n

Postal consent \u2013 <\/u>having this option works well if the patient is not being seen in clinic in the near future. Top tip though \u2013 telephone the patient first and follow up with another call after the forms have been posted out.<\/p>\n

How did attending the session help?<\/u><\/h4>\n

Our sites were very open and honest with each other. This is what they had to say about the session:<\/p>\n

It was useful \u2018To listen to what worked and what hasn’t worked with recruitment with other sites\u2026 reminder to use the patient engagement material and outreach consent process.\u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018It was great that during the call were present recruiters of different backgrounds such as pharmacist, research nurses.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018I think it was a great sharing experience and look forward to the next one.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>How can the study team help sites?<\/u><\/h4>\n