Survey Request Process

Submitting Surveys

• The PI must be an SREI member.
• An IRB exempt status or indication of IRB approval must be provided.
• A concise description of the background and hypothesis should be provided (limit 1 page).
• Preference will be given to surveys/proposals that:
  • Endeavor to answer a hypothesis-driven, relevant research question, i.e. have scientific merit
  • Have the potential to elucidate practice patterns, knowledge, and/or attitudes that are relevant to optimizing patient care and/or training in the field of REI
  • Have a reasonable chance of being published
  • Describe what efforts have been made at survey validation
  • Are clear, non-repetitive, and short (5-10 minutes to complete)
• Surveys will be reviewed by the SREI Research Committee and final support will be decided by the SREI Board.
• A Word or PDF version of the survey should be provided for review (rather than only a link to the active webform version of the survey.)
• Not all surveys will be approved, in order to avoid overburdening the membership. Target number of surveys to be disseminated is six or fewer per year.
• Surveys will be reviewed four times per year. Deadlines for submission to sscarbrough@asrm.org are:
  • Jan 1, Apr 1, July 1 and Nov 1. Decisions will be made within 30 days, and dissemination to SREI membership within 60 days, of these deadlines.
• Resulting manuscripts and abstracts should be reviewed by the SREI research committee prior to submission for publication. Please email to sscarbrough@asrm.org. Turnaround time will be as short as possible and within two weeks.