The following criteria must be met and agreed to in order for AANA to consider requests to send survey links by email to its members:
- Surveys must have IRB or REB approval for consideration.
- The survey requester must be a member of AANA.
- The survey objectives must be defined and in alignment with the goals of AANA. The survey may not be intended for commercial use or commercial product development.
- A sample of the survey must be provided to and approved by AANA.
- The specific target audience must be defined should the requester wish to target a specific group of AANA members.
- A time line for data collection must be established.
- Should the requester wish to publish the survey data in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, Arthroscopy will have the first right of refusal.
- The survey results will be made available to AANA for its use.