Kornelsen, Jude
Lin, Stephanie
Williams, Kim
Skinner, Tom
Ebert, Sean
Funding for this research was provided by:
Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues (R005415, R005415, R005415, R005415)
Article History
Received: 24 January 2023
Accepted: 4 August 2023
First Online: 29 August 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the University of British Columbia’s Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) prior to starting the study (BREB H18-01940).Participants received a consent form ahead of each interview and were given the opportunity to ask questions before beginning. All participants provided recorded, verbal informed consent to participate before each interview, and each was educated on their right to withdraw their participation at any time. The University of British Columbia Behavioural Research Ethics Board approves of recorded verbal informed consent. Transcripts were anonymized by researchers, and any identifying information was removed, to ensure confidentiality of participants.
: Not applicable.
: Kim Williams received salary funding from the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) in her capacity as administrative co-lead for the Rural Surgical and Obstetrical Networks (RSON) initiative. She also received funding to travel to the rural communities where the patients whom we report on in this manuscript had surgical care. Tom Skinner is employed by the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) as the Project Manager of the RSON Initiative. The findings reported in this survey are part of the evaluation of RSON. As an employee, his travel to the rural communities were covered because he was supporting hospital teams in implementing the RSON initiative. Dr. Sean Ebert received sessional funding from the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) in his role as medical lead for the Quality Improvement Pillar for the Rural Surgical and Obstetrical Networks (RSON) initiative. In his capacity as CQI medical lead for the Quality Improvement Pillar he received funding to travel to the rural communities where the patients whom we report on in this manuscript had surgical care. All other authors are part of the RSON evaluation team at the University of British Columbia, Canada and have no conflicts of interest to declare.