Patient Survey: Ontario (Canada) Value in the Patient-Doctor Relationship Survey

Blogger's Note: a somewhat odd survey (structure) but worth having your view

Patient Survey

"We're the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario, and we're working with Patients Canada to find out what matters most to YOU in your relationship with your family doctor and clinic. Your input is just one way to help influence how family doctors work with patients and how family health teams develop programs.  We hope you will participate.

ABOUT THIS SURVEY:

Family Health Teams or Care Teams are already collecting information that measures how well doctors are doing in relation to “best practices” (ie Medications are reviewed yearly, patients with diabetes have blood tests done at the recommended times, etc).  However, this doesn’t tell us how important EACH of these measures is to YOU (the patient) in your relationship with your doctor. This is the purpose of this survey.

Your input will help us understand what matters, how much it matters, and what part of your relationship is affected by these areas. We’re not asking you if your doctor is currently doing everything, but rather, how you would feel if they did do what we are asking.

There are 2 parts to the questions you will see. The first part will ask you about how important an area is to your relationship with your doctor.  Sometimes we will ask you how much the previous question matters to different aspects of your relationship. The different categories you will be asked about are explained below.  If the question has nothing to do with a category, simply check “not applicable”.

We have set up the survey so your responses are anonymous; no one can find out if you completed the survey, or how you responded.

This survey is voluntary. It should take about 15-20 minutes to complete.  Please allow yourself enough time to finish as answers cannot be saved.

The survey will be available online for you to complete until Friday, April 10th at 11:59pm."