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Your MedTech participant
recruitment partner
With decades of healthcare recruitment experience, we specialise in recruiting participants for human factors and usability studies, user research and more. Helping you streamline recruitment and focus on driving healthcare innovation.
Connecting you with the right participants
We partner with medical device companies and design & development consultancies to recruit the right participants for your research, whether healthcare professionals, patients, or caregivers. Our tailored approach handles every aspect of recruitment—from validation and scheduling to consent and incentive management—ensuring smooth and efficient processes.
With GKA, you gain a recruitment partner that supports your research from start to finish, ensuring seamless project execution and helping you drive MedTech innovation.
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Recruitment
Our bespoke recruitment service is designed to fit your specific project needs, whether you’re working on formative or summative human factors and usability studies, or any other end-user or market research projects:
- We can connect you with healthcare professionals, NHS payers, patients, and caregivers from our established panels and networks.
- With over 30 years of experience and BHBIA-certified and MRS-accredited recruiters, you can be confident that our participant selection meets all necessary regulatory standards.
- Our team handles every step from engagement to scheduling, ensuring high participation rates and delivering valuable insights.
- We understand the unique needs of human factors and usability studies, recruiting participants who reflect your end-user profiles.
- We’ve recruited participants for over 12,000 healthcare research projects, making us a trusted partner in this sector.
Project Management
Our flexible project management solutions ensure your study is delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest standard.
- Each project begins with a kick-off call to align on objectives and create a bespoke project plan.
- We provide regular updates, troubleshoot any issues, and share participant feedback throughout the project lifecycle.
- From recruitment to consent gathering and incentive payments, our recruitment teams handle every aspect of your project, allowing you to focus solely on the research.
- We adjust our approach to match your project’s specific needs, ensuring you always have the right level of support.
- Our experience extends to medical simulation set-up, providing comprehensive venue support for hands-on device testing.
Moderation Services
While many MedTech clients prefer to moderate sessions themselves, we offer flexible moderation services for formative and summative usability studies.
- Our moderators bring experience in guiding participants through human factors and usability projects for medical devices, ensuring sessions provide the in-depth feedback required.
- Whether you need help with device testing, simulation, or other aspects of your research, we can offer moderation support that fits seamlessly into your project.
Venue & Incentive Management
Our project management team provides complete venue and incentive management, allowing you to focus on the technical aspects of your research.
- We partner with cutting-edge, accessible research facilities across the UK, offering flexible spaces with configuration options, viewing galleries, and live streaming to meet your specific research needs.
- From BACs payments to electronic gift cards, we handle all participant incentives, ensuring smooth, timely payments that encourage continued engagement.
- Our partner venues can support detailed medical simulations, providing the equipment and space needed to replicate real-world environments for medical device testing.
Logistical Support
Beyond recruitment and venue management, we can assist with the logistics of your MedTech study.
- Whether storing study materials at the venue or coordinating shipment of equipment to participants for at-home testing, our team has the experience to handle the complexities of MedTech research.
- We understand the unique challenges that can arise in medical device testing and are equipped to support you, no matter the scale or scope of your logistical needs.