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Description:
This survey is being conducted to evaluate the use of surgical instruments, patient position, and other key surgical practice routines/management among orthopaedic surgeons performing elective shoulder replacement surgery. Our study will serve to update and expand upon these findings with a more comprehensive survey with respect to surgical procedural preferences.
Any active member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) / Shoulder and Elbow Society Australia (SESA), Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA) / Canadian Shoulder and Elbow Society (CSES), Kenya Orthopaedic Association (KOA), and the German-speaking Shoulder and Elbow Society (D-A-CH Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie – DVSE) who has treated patients (at least one) with elective shoulder replacement within the last year is eligible to participate in the study.
Participation: Your participation in this online survey is completely voluntary. You are not required to provide any personal information such as name, address, phone number, or email, and you don’t have to answer any questions you don’t want to. The online survey system will not record your email address or IP (internet protocol) address.
Benefits: You will receive no benefits from participating in this research study. However, we believe the results will be beneficial to all the members of the above-mentioned associations and societies to provide context in which we practice.
Risks: The risks of participating are low. There are no foreseeable risks involved in participating in this study other than those encountered in day-to-day life.
Confidentiality: Qualtrics does not collect identifying information such as name, email address, or IP address. Therefore, your responses will remain completely anonymous. No one will be able to identify you or your answers, and no one will know whether you participated in this study.
Contacts:
Dr. Maciej Simon, Dr. Farhad Moola, and Dr. William D. Regan
maciej.simon@gmail.com; fmoola@me.com ; wregan@mail.ubc.ca
University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein
University of British Columbia
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