1. A Doctor’s Experience
Ben Stenson
SCRH

2. 6000 births
650 admissions
10 icu cots
6 consultants 7.5 registrars
2 ANNP’s
9 SHO’s
Curosurf IV, Nopain, UKOS Inovo, UK ECMO, Neopain, PINE, numerous local studies
5 research fellows

3. Nursing staff committed to research
Good study nurse
Consultants work closely together and laugh together
Weekly grand round
Consent is obtained by middle-grade or consultant

4. Visit the unit each day to look for customers
Recruited babies
Thank the registrar/ANNP who recruited them
Thank the consultant whose patient it is ( copied to the other consultants and registrars)
Potential recruits
Ask the registrar ANNP what is happening about INIS Ask the consultant whether they can be recruited
If team is busy, I do the recruitment
Missed recruits
Discuss this on the grand round

5. Teaching
All new SHO’s and Registrars about the study
Grand Round
Weekly 2 hour teaching event
All consultant, most junior staff
Missed babies, recruited babies, potential recruits
Infection and CP INIS hypothesis
20% mortality amongst INIS recruits

6. Consent training
All new registrars before and after first approach
Generic research governance
INIS issues
Let them see me speak with parents
Quick debrief after every approach

7. Recruitment updates
s to consultants and registrars
Trial progress
Our performance
Other units performances

13. I work hard to recruit to other studies
I do half of the recruiting myself