Clinical courage and COVID 19 survey

At times doctors have to work at the limits of their scope of practice in order to meet the needs of their patients. This takes courage. This project builds on our work to understand rural doctors’ experience of clinical courage. We are seeking to understand the experience of doctors during times of significant stress such as the COVID 19 pandemic.

This brief survey is intended to provide a platform for rural doctors to register their interest in participating in an interview about clinical courage and COVID 19. Only those rural doctors that confirm their interest in participating will be contacted. The interviews may be held via telephone or videoconference (Zoom software) depending on the preference of each participant and last up to 60 minutes.

The information that will be collected by this survey will be confidentially kept. However, the researchers cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information exchanged using the Internet.

Additional information about this project can be found here

This project is being undertaken by the following research team:

- Professor Lucie Walters

- Professor Jill Konkin

- Associate Professor Ruth Stewart

- Professor Ian Couper

- Dr David Campbell, and

- Dr Susan Williams

If you have any questions or problems associated with the practical aspects of your participation in the project, or wish to raise a concern, then you should consult Professor Lucie Walters (email: lucie.walters@adelaide.edu.au) at the Adelaide Rural Clinical School.

Ethics approval [number H-2020-168] to undertake this project was provided by the Human Research Ethics Committee at the University of Adelaide.

If you have any concerns or complaints about the conduct of this project, which you do not wish to discuss with the Research Team, you should contact the Secretary (email: hrec@adelaide.edu.au), Office of Research Ethics, Compliance and Integrity, The University of Adelaide. All complaints will be treated confidentially. In any correspondence please provide the project title and/or ethics ID number.