Table 1. Task Distribution Table That Project Coordinator Used to Solicit Team Members .

Tasks to Be Performed	Team Members
	PC	R1	KU3	KU2	KU1	R6	R2	R4	R5	R3	PhDS
Project submission to the research ethics board	x	x
Objective 1. Validation of the Reference Framework of User Involvement in HTA
Prepare framework to validate	x	x				X	x		X	x
Prepare interview guide	x	x							X
Selection and recruitment for interviews	x
Conducting interviews (about 20)	x
Analyzing interviews	x	X	x							x
Draft of the report or an article	x	x	x				X	x		x
Objective 2. Development of User Involvement Interventions
2.1. Patient participation in the evaluation process (multidisciplinary working group):
Select patient community organization and contact the leaders	x	x		X	X	x
Select 2 or 3 persons among those interested	x	x		X	X	x
2.2. Consultation (data collection) among service users (from September 2011)
Draft a list of community organizations to contact (users committee, associations, etc)	x			X	X				X
Recruitment (about six focus groups)	x			X	X				X
Finalize the interview guide	x	x		X	X				X
Conduct focus groups	x			X	X		X-1-2		X
Analyze focus group data	x		x	X	X
Draft and integrate the report in the HTA report (planned for March 2012)	x	x	x	X	X		x	x
2.3. Service user participation in the dissemination and communication of results (from April 2012)
Produce a draft of information materials adapted to patients									X
Organize focus groups with patient representatives – selection and recruitment (about 3)	x					x
Conduct focus groups	x						X-1
Produce a final version of information material to disseminate	x							x	X
Disseminate results	x					x	x
Objective 3. Evaluation of Different Types of Patient Involvement Strategies
Workshop with researchers and knowledge users: drawing up of objectives and evaluation questions (fall 2011)	x	x	x	X	X		x		X	x	x
Interviews with various stakeholders to evaluate all the interventions											x
Estimation in terms of costs, resources, etc.				X	X						x
Analysis and drafting of articles		x					x	x			x

Abbreviations: HTA, health technology assessment; PC, project coordinator; R, researchers; KU, knowledge users; PhDS: PhD students.