Apply to be on the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) Patient Focus Group - Apr 2020

[A Former User]

Thank you for your interest in the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) Patient Focus Group!

The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) 360 Multi-Source Feedback program is seeking patient and caregiver participants to share their thoughts about survey questions in a virtual focus group setting.

The MCC 360 Multi-Source Feedback program evaluates physicians' collaboration, communication, and professional behaviours in the workplace using feedback collected in survey responses from their patients, as well as, other physicians and co-workers such as nurses that they work with. The MCC Patient Focus Group gives patients and caregivers a voice. You can advise the MCC on what's important to you as a patient and/or caregiver and make a difference in the care and services physicians provide.

For this consumer study, which is not a clinical trial, each 90-minute group session will be led by a qualified researcher and will include approximately 8 participants. Those that qualify and participate in a session will receive an honorarium of $50 for their time. The participants will be chosen on a first come, first serve basis. To qualify as a focus group member, you must have visited the Emergency Department (without an appointment) within the last 12 months or acted as a patient's caregiver at least once within the last 18 months. The focus group takes place in English only. More information is available in this summary.

As a member of the group, you can:
• Choose the one focus group session you wish to participate in
• Be guaranteed that your personal comments and identity will remain anonymous. Only the combined results of the focus group are shared with the MCC
• Be confident that your care will not be affected by your participation in, or withdrawal from, the focus group
• Withdraw from the group at any time
Proposed dates for the sessions can be found here: https://mcc.ca/news/patient-focus-group-seeking-participants/.

For more information or to volunteer for the Patient Focus Group, email patientexperience@mcc.ca.