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
Professional Associations
APM wanted to update their review of key competitor organisations. The aim was to refresh existing information in line with APM’s new strategy and produce a SWOT analysis with particular focus on potential opportunities.
Professional, Research to inform policy development
Brand perceptions research
We conducted quantitative research for APM to update their previous brand perceptions study, prior to rebranding, providing survey wave comparison and benchmarking to measure perceptions of the APM brand.
Professional, Research to inform policy development
Mixed-methods community research
We conducted quantitative research and qualitative interviews to explore the EMBO community and support strategic decisions related to future developments and ongoing programmes, policies and activities.
Medical and healthcare, Research to inform policy development
GCSE Science timetable models
Through a survey and phone interviews, Shift Learning delivered insights to the Learned Societies around the variety of timetable models used for KS4 sciences in England, which informed a debate at the 2019 ASE conference and ongoing policy.
Academic and scholarly, Research to inform policy development
Medical student perceptions
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and The Medical Schools Council (MSC) commissioned Shift Learning to conduct a comprehensive survey with UK medical students exploring perceptions surrounding general practice.
Medical and healthcare, Research to inform policy development