Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Real-world activities of clinician-researchers in perioperative medicine: an ethnographic qualitative case study embedded in a single-centre clinical trial
Authors' conclusion
Clinician-researchers undertook a wide range of activities that extended beyond protocol-driven research tasks encompassing significant coordination and relational work. These activities were perceived by patient-participants to positively influence their perioperative experience in this specific context.
Study context
- Population
- Clinician-researchers (physicians and nurses) and patient-participants in a perioperative clinical trial7 clinician-researchers · 8 patient-participants
- Outcome
- Range of activities undertaken by clinician-researchers and how these are experienced by patient-participants
Methodological detailsembedded in an RCT, single-centre, tertiary hospital, shadowing and time-motion analysis, interviews, abductive analysis informed by activity theory, Observation over 10 days; conducted October–November 2021
- Embedded in an RCT
- Single-centre
- Tertiary hospital
- Shadowing and time-motion analysis
- Interviews
- Abductive analysis informed by activity theory
- Observation over 10 days; conducted October–November 2021
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Clinician-researcher activities
- Time on supportive tasks vs core RCT activities
- nearly three times as much
- Non-RCT activities, share of observed time
- one-third
Further findings
Patient-participant experience
- Interactions with clinician-researchers contributed to perioperative experience through alleviation of boredom and a perceived sense of safety
Original publication
Real-world activities of clinician-researchers in perioperative medicine: an ethnographic qualitative case study embedded in a single-centre clinical trial. BJA Open. Published 15 September 2026. doi:10.
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