Shift Membership Case Studies
While some of Shift’s work was confidential, we are grateful to have received client permission to share the following case studies of projects we completed.
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- Academic and scholarly
- Charity
- Conference research
- Medical and healthcare
- Membership research
- Professional
- Publications and new service development research
- Qualifications and accreditation research
- Regulatory
- Research to inform policy development
- Trade
Experiences and motivations of international doctors
The General Medical Council (GMC) wanted to better understand the experiences and motivations of international doctors who join the UK medical register and either give up their licence to practise or leave the register, without practising as a doctor in the UK.
Medical and healthcare, Regulatory, Research to inform policy development
Public views on the implementation of regulatory reform
The General Medical Council (GMC) wanted to collect qualitative input from the general public on their perception of the GMC’s regulatory reforms. Changes in legislation have seen the passing of the Anaesthesia Associates and Physicians Associates Order, allowing these professionals to be regulated for the first time. Reform of legislation governing other professionals in healthcare will follow.
Medical and healthcare, Regulatory, Research to inform policy development
Understanding doctors’ decisions to migrate from the UK
The General Medical Council (GMC) commissioned Shift Insight to conduct an in-depth study to understand the decision-making processes of doctors leaving the UK workforce to practise medicine overseas.
Medical and healthcare, Regulatory, Research to inform policy development
Corporate strategy and perceptions survey
The General Medical Council commissioned Shift Insight to run their corporate strategy and perceptions survey, which tracks perceptions of seven key audiences, building on research conducted in previous years.
Medical and healthcare, Regulatory, Research to inform policy development
Public perceptions
As part of a larger review, this research aimed to help the GOC better understand patient and public views on its Standards of Practice for Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians, as well as their Standards for Optical Students.
Medical and healthcare, Regulatory, Research to inform policy development