(Recruitment Plan) An effective recruitment plan includes strategies to identify and engage specific population(s) of relevance for a trial including how to communicate and market a study in order to engage potential participants and meet realistic enrollment and retention goals. The recruitment plan service includes providing advice and recommendations on recruitment strategies.

 Key features of this Trial Innovation Network Service include:

•  Comprehensive review of study and your existing recruitment plan
• Assistance with identifying stakeholders and recruitment partners (such as providers and community organizations), as well as locations for participant recruitment.
• Guidance on understanding unique needs and preferences of potential participants, and barriers and facilitators to recruitment and retention.
• Tailored advice and recommendations on the most appropriate recruitment and retention strategies to deploy when engaging participants from any community.

(Recruitment Feasibility Assessment) Recruitment feasibility assessment is the process of evaluating the possibility of recruiting an adequate number of participants with the appropriate range of characteristics (such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, and health status) to meet enrollment goals on the projected timelines and cost. The recruitment feasibility assessment considers environmental (such as location, competition, prior success recruiting, potential participant pool) strengths and weakness as well as logistical, motivational and behavioral barriers to recruitment and retention.

 Key features of this Trial Innovation Network Service include:

• Comprehensive review of your study;
• Assessment of the likelihood your study will meet predefined recruitment and retention goals;
• Environmental scan and assessment of barriers
• Review budget for recruitment and retention
• Tailored advice on how to enhance the feasibility of your study.