Table 1.

Factors contributing to high survey response rates with illustrative examples as it relates to our setting

Factor	Illustrative example
Enlisting faculty support	Faculty sponsorship on messaging to participants Faculty provisions of physical-space, survey and statisical software, monetary support as incentive for survey completion
Assigning student representatives	Providing medical students with leadership roles in the design and implementation of the survey Dividing the student body into groups (Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, MD/PhD) with assigned representatives to gather participant feedback and address concerns
Incorporating participant input into the survey design	Probing the student body for concerns important to them and incorporating these into the survey
Offering protected time for students to complete the survey	Offering dedicated periods of time following mandatory class activities students may use to complete the survey to reduce the barrier to entry of writing the survey
Offering incentives to complete the survey	Chances of winning graded monetary rewards in the forms of gift cards, the value of which increased based on the total number of students who completed the survey Providing a guaranteed monetary reward (gift card) to every survey respondent
Generating student awareness	Routine digital reminders to complete the survey Automatically updating student calendars with protected time to complete the survey Sending pre-notifications Generating awareness with a media campaign consisting of U of T blog posts, U of T news, and a YouTube video