Evaluation of electronic recruitment efforts of primary care providers as research subjects during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 3 Recruitment Strategies and Resulting Yield of recruited Primary Care Providers (PCPs)(N = 45)

Recruitment Strategy	Recruited PCPs^a
Clinic leaders (i.e., managers and chief physicians) email eligible PCPs ^b	15
Research team member conducts synchronous virtual presentation at already-scheduled virtual PCP meetings	11
Research coordinator sends encouragement emails to eligible PCPs	7
Other^a	5
Service line leader emails encouragement to eligible PCPs	3
Service line leader emails encouragement to clinic leaders	3
Research coordinator sends “last chance” email	1

Note: ^aA recruited PCP was attributed to a particular research strategy if they completed the informed consent form and a returned a questionnaire within three business days following the use of a recruitment strategy. In rare cases, we were unable to attribute a recruitment to a single strategy
^bAcross ten clinics, clinic leaders reported a total of four in-person contacts with potential PCPs at their location

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