OTA Survey Policy

• The OTA Research Committee will review all survey requests quarterly.
• A brief research survey proposal (1 – 2 pages) will be required with all survey requests.
• The OTA membership will be notified by e-mail on a quarterly basis of new surveys posted on the website.
• Surveys requests are limited to OTA members. IRB approval is required for surveys when applicable.
• Surveys are limited to those related to orthopaedic trauma healthcare, and should not include information regarding commercial products.
• The OTA requests that survey results be made available to the OTA membership. The survey author may request these be posted on the OTA members-only page.
  
  Instructions for Posting a Survey
  
  To post a survey on the OTA website, please e-mail a 1 – 2 page survey proposal
  and the following information to: ota@aaos.org:
  
  1) Survey Title:
  2) Survey Link:
  3) Survey Close Date:
  4) Survey Author:
  5) IRB Approved (yes, no, or n/a)? If yes, please include approval letter.
  6) Results to be posted on the OTA Website: (please indicate if results should posted on the survey page, or members only page).