Collaboration

The following outlines the responsibilities expected of Principal Investigators (PIs) who seek to collaborate. Correspondingly, Site Investigators (SIs) engaged in these collaborations will assume the responsibilities described below.

PI Responsibilities

The number of participating sites is not a requirement for grant funding, and site engagement may take place after funding has been secured.

Appropriate consent will always be obtained before including individuals or sites in grant applications.

• Include SI as member of study team

• Include SI on grant(s), which may involve adding the SI to existing grants

• Include SI in discussions around study design, analysis and interpretation of results

• Invite SI to be co-author on paper(s)

• Identify study resources available to site investigators, including staff and documents

• Reach out and visit site and meet with staff, as applicable – e.g. sponsor introductory lunch

SI Responsibilities

A ‘site’ may be defined in a number of ways, including: an individual primary care organization, a PBRLN, regional networks with designated regional leads, organizations with identified site leads or coordinators, etc.

• Confirm the study is relevant and applicable to primary care

• Champion the study at the site, including approaching site leadership and colleagues to confirm involvement

• Manage REB at site if applicable, with the support of the PI and study staff

• Manage Research Contracts at site if applicable, with the support of the PI and study staff

• Manage Cost Centres/financial details at site if applicable, with the support of the PI and study staff

• Advertise study to participants and support recruitment (e.g. posters, emails, use of EMR to identify potential participants)

• Engage Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs)

• Contribute to interpretation of results

• Contribute to editing paper, meeting criteria ICMJE criteria for authorship

• Support dissemination of findings and knowledge transfer from trial results into practice