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.