Editorial Type: COMMENTARY
| Online Publication Date: 01 Apr 2007
Recruitment of Research Volunteers: Methods, Interest, and Incentives
Recruitment of Research Volunteers: Methods, Interest, and Incentives
DC,
MS, DC, and
DC, PhD
Article Category: Research Article
Page Range: 28 – 31
College research departments use students as participants in trials and often receive course credit or other incentives, but sometimes challenges are found in recruiting participants without compensation. This commentary describes methods of recruitment for one study at Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research and comments from two other schools about how they recruit volunteers.
Keywords: chiropractic; human experimentation; patient selection; student
Copyright: © 2007 Association of Chiropractic Colleges 2007
Contributor Notes
Address correspondence to: Edward F. Owens, Jr., MS, DC, Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Palmer College of Chiropractic, 741 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa 52803; Edward.owens@palmer.edu.
Received: 18 Jul 2006
Accepted: 26 Aug 2006