Surveys

Members wishing to make a survey submission should complete an RCoA Survey Application Form and return it to surveys@rcoa.ac.uk.  Please read the form and this guidance carefully before submitting.

Survey Submission Guidelines

• approved surveys are shared as links on this webpage or electronically as part of established RCoA communication channels – only apply if your project is using an online survey tool
• the scheduling of all survey distribution and the inclusion of specific surveys is at the RCoA’s discretion
• please be aware that the RCoA also runs its own surveys of members and your project may clash with ongoing RCoA work
• there may also be a number of surveys awaiting distribution and your project timescales may not line up with RCoA capacity
• the RCoA will not bulk email its members with a message specific to your survey, nor will it coordinate physical mail-outs of survey materials
• survey links will only be circulated following review by members of Council for relevance to the overall RCoA strategy, and a subsequent methodological review by members of the CR&I Executive Management Board. Applicants with fixed data collection time-frames should plan several weeks’ lead-in time for any submission to accommodate this, plus any changes required by the reviewers to the survey contents
• return completed Survey Application Forms to surveys@rcoa.ac.uk. 

Please Note

Whilst the RCoA has agreed to circulate the links for these surveys for the interest of its members, unless otherwise noted, neither the RCoA nor the CR&I are members of the survey teams or official sponsors of any of these research projects.

Current Surveys

Single-shot spinals: To gown or not to gown? 

There is a wide variation of practice internationally with regards to wearing a sterile gown to perform spinal anaesthesia. What is the evidence and should we be gowning for single-shot spinals? You are invited to share your thoughts in this survey.  

The survey closes on 30 June 2024. 

Enhanced recovery after  instrumented spine surgery

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a topic of increasing interest in medicine and society. Through evidence-based perioperative recommendations, ERAS aims to improve the quality and efficiency of surgical care, thereby improving outcomes whilst reducing healthcare costs and staffing requirements. ERAS was designed and successfully implemented in gastrointestinal and joint replacement surgery, and is now being expanded to various other major surgical procedures.

This survey is designed to assess current ERAS practices in instrumented spine surgery. Its goal is to identify key areas of improvement to steer further research and enable better and earlier assessments of surgical innovations.  

Access the survey here.  

The survey closes on 30 June 2024.