Survey our membership
Request to survey our membership
Each year the College receives numerous requests to survey the RANZCOG membership. Only a small number of these applications are approved as RANZCOG is mindful to not overburden the membership, and ensure that each survey is appropriate and relevant for the RANZCOG membership.
The Continual Professional Development (CPD) Committee review requests from other medical Colleges and external third parties for the College to facilitate the distribution of surveys.
Evaluation criteria
When evaluating your request to survey our membership, the following are taken into consideration:
The purpose of the survey
The length of the survey
Construction of survey and how it works, should the questions become specific to various group types
Survey is appropriate for the RANZCOG membership
The survey topic is relevant to the Fellowship and/or the wider public
The survey topic is an important issue
The dissemination of the survey is practical
There is limited data already on the topic
Potential results of the survey hold benefits for women’s health consumers
The quality of the survey’s presentation is of a sufficiently high standard
The appropriate membership target group is surveyed
The potential outcome of the survey does not place the College at risk
The survey has ethics approval
The survey results are made available to RANZCOG within a timely manner
Apply
Before submitting your application, please read through the application process steps:
Submit your request to survey the membership to the CPD unit via an online application form (below) with all supporting documentation. Please note that the cost for submission is AU$120 plus GST.
The survey is considered by the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee Chair and Deputy Chair for review and approval.
If the survey requires full committee approval, the application will be considered at the next face-to-face meeting of the CPD committee.
We will communicate the outcome of your survey application, be it approved, conditionally approved subject to minor changes, or not approved.
If the survey is approved for distribution, we will ask you to complete a declaration form and pay a distribution fee of AU$700 plus GST.
The survey will be forwarded to our Communications and Public Affairs team to schedule distribution (the survey may be distributed up to 12 months after approval, or 24 months after for trainee research projects; please check with the CPD team for further details and timelines).
Immediately prior to distribution, the CPD team will check the survey to ensure that the survey content has not changed from the approved version. Any changes (including minor wording edits) must be approved by the CPD Committee Chair. Changes made to the survey may delay distribution times if they have not been submitted for prior approval.
Resources
The following resources may assist you in considering whether to apply to survey our membership:
Survey invitation tool (provides guidance to help you develop an invitation email for your survey)