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Authors
McCleary, Nicola https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-703X
Desveaux, Laura
Reis, Catherine
Linklater, Stefanie
Witteman, Holly O.
Taljaard, Monica
Thavorn, Kednapa
Grimshaw, Jeremy M.
Ivers, Noah M.
Presseau, Justin
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ontario SPOR Support Unit (n/a)
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Article History
Received: 1 October 2019
Accepted: 5 February 2020
First Online: 25 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was granted by the University of Toronto Research Ethics Board (#00032455), the Women’s College Hospital Research Ethics Board (#2016-0122-E), and the Ottawa Health Science Network Research Ethics Board (#20160934-01H). Ethical approval included approval of our request for a departure from the general principles of consent, in a manner concordant with the minimal risks involved. Specifically, for physicians who had already consented to receive the audit and feedback reports, upon their usual sign-in to download their report, a notice explaining the general goals of this program appeared, with an invitation to seek further information by contacting the program team. This met the Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement-2 on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans requirements for departures from the general principles of consent procedures and is aligned with the Ottawa Guidance on Ethics for Cluster Trials. By responding that they would like to participate, participants gave their consent for participation, as approved in our original protocol.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
