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RESEARCH PROJECT: Physicians’ perceptions, experiences, and practices where migration control policies enter medicine

INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

We are reaching out to you as a physician who is working, or has worked, within healthcare in any context. We would like to ask whether you would be willing to participate in a study by taking part in an interview. The interview concerns your perceptions, experiences, and approaches to issues that arise at the intersection of medicine and migration control policies, for example questions regarding the duty to report undocumented patients, or the role of medicine in border control and deportation practices. This document provides information about the purpose of this research, and what participation in the study involves. 

What the study is about and why we would like you to participate

The study aims to increase understanding of how medicine encounters and interacts with migration control policies, and how physicians perceive, experience, and respond to such policies in everyday clinical practice, across contexts. The study is longitudinal, meaning that it follows the development of the medical profession’s perceptions, experiences, and practices over time. NOTE. Taking part in several interviews is not a requirement for participation in the study.

We are approaching you and asking you to take part because you are a physician practicing within a healthcare system at a primary, secondary, or tertiary level, where you may come to encounter migration control policies in your professional role, either in clinical practice or in other professional contexts.

What taking part entails

Participating in the study involves taking part in an interview lasting approximately 60-90 minutes. During the interview, fictitious cases will be presented to you, and you will have the opportunity to reflect on and share how you would handle these cases if you were to encounter a similar patient in your clinic or ward. We will make efforts to accommodate your wishes regarding a place and time for the interview. The interview will be conducted via videocall or over the phone, if this is more practical for you. The interviews are conducted in English primarily (French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Arabic, and Scandinavian language interviews can also be arranged if preferred). If you prefer to use an interpreter, this can also be arranged.

If you choose to participate in the study, we may ask you if you would be willing to be contacted again for further interviews. The timing of any further interviewing would again be based on your wishes. We will also ask you if you would like to be involved in trying new and creative methods of data collection, that we are developing as part of the project together with participants who wish to do so.

Potential risks involved in participating in this study 

During the conducting of this research, situations may arise that may be experienced as emotionally sensitive for you as a participant. No questions that could infringe on your integrity will be asked, however, some might find it uncomfortable to share professional and personal positions they hold, or to share sensitive personal information about themselves. If any questions arise after the interview, we can answer these via phone, email, or with a meeting if you so wish.

If a need for support related to your participation should arise, this will be met either through follow-up conversations with the researchers, or referral to professional support if desired. If professional support is needed, the lead researcher responsible for the project will ensure that a point of contact is provided.

How information about you will be handled 

Your answers will be recorded and then transcribed for analysis. All information collected will be processed ensuring that no unauthorised person can access it. The results will be synthesised for publications in scientific journals, presented at international conferences, and in an anthology aimed for the medical profession, medical students, and government bodies. No information or opinions in publications will be traceable to any single individual.  

The principal research entity, the University of Gothenburg, is responsible for your personal data. In accordance with the EU's data protection regulation (GDPR), you have the right to access any information about you that is handled as part of the study free of charge, and, if necessary, have any errors corrected. You can also request that information about you be deleted, or that the processing of your personal data be restricted. However, the right to erasure and to limit the processing of personal data does not apply if the data is deemed necessary for the research. If you want to access the data, please contact the lead researcher responsible for the project (see below). The Data Protection Officer can be reached at dataskyddsombud@gu.se. If you are dissatisfied with the way your personal data is processed, you have the right to file a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection as the supervisory authority. The research programme has been approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, Ref. no. 2024-03257-01/2026-02240-02 E-mail: registrant@etikprovning.se.

Your participation is entirely voluntary

Participation in the study, in one or multiple interviews is entirely voluntary, and you do not have to participate on several occasions if you agree to an interview. No compensation is provided for your participation. If you choose not to participate or wish to withdraw your participation, this will be accommodated with you having to give any reason for doing so. To withdraw from the study, you can contact the researcher responsible for the project at any time.

The research is funded by the Swedish Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council's Research Excellence Grant. 

PRINCIPLE RESEARCH ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUDY

The Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg

PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES

The University of Edinburgh

Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences, and the Law

NIKU The Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage 

UiT: The Arctic University of Norway

RESEARCH PROJECT: Physicians’ perceptions, experiences, and practices where migration control policies enter medicine

We are reaching out to you as a physician or future physician engaged in medical humanitarianism offering services to migrant populations. We would like to ask if you would be willing to participate in a study by  taking part in an interview. If possible, a researcher could also follow you through one or more of your shifts in the humanitarian context (participant observation). The interview concerns your perceptions, experiences, and approaches to issues that arise at the intersection of medicine and migration control policies, for example questions regarding the duty to report undocumented patients, or the role of medicine in border control and deportation practices. Participant observation would be conducted to observe, with great sensitivity to your work and the patients' situation, what happens during a shift in encounters with patients and colleagues. In this document, you will find information about the purpose of our research project and what it means to participate in the study.   

What the study is about and why we would like you to participate

The study aims to increase understanding of how medicine encounters and interacts with migration control policies, and how physicians perceive, experience, and respond to such policies in everyday clinical practice, across contexts. The study is longitudinal, meaning that it follows the development of the medical profession’s perceptions, experiences, and practices over time. NOTE. Taking part in several interviews/participant observations is not a requirement for participation in the study.  

We are asking you to take part because you are a physician or medical student engaged in a humanitarian context, where you may come to encounter patients with experiences of migration more often than in the conventional healthcare system.

What taking part entails

Participating in the study involves taking part in an interview lasting approximately 60-90 minutes. We will make efforts to accommodate your wishes regarding a place and time for the interview. The interview will be conducted via videocall or over the phone, if this is more practical for you. The interviews are conducted in English primarily (French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Arabic, and Scandinavian language interviews can also be arranged if preferred). If you prefer to use an interpreter, this can also be arranged. 

If you consent to participant observation as well, this involves one of the researchers in our team following you during a shift, or parts of a shift in medical humanitarianism, to create understanding and knowledge about the challenges of providing healthcare for people affected by migration control policies, as well as examining your thoughts, responses, and positions that may arise during a shift. As mentioned, participant observation is done with great sensitivity on the part of the researcher to the situations that may arise during a shift, which means that the researcher will withdraws if they perceive that it unexpectedly becomes inappropriate ethically to continue observing. 

If you choose to participate in the study, we may ask you if you would be willing to be contacted again for further interviews. The timing of any further interviewing would again be based on your wishes. We may also ask if we may continue participant observation with you during a day in healthcare or in any other location that you consider relevant to the research. We are interested in following physicians and future physicians in several contexts to investigate how the context affects the question. We will also ask you if you would like to be involved in trying new and creative methods of data collection, that we are developing as part of the project together with participants who wish to do so. 

Potential risks involved in participating in this study 

During the conducting of this research, situations may arise that may be experienced as emotionally sensitive for you as a participant. No questions that could infringe on your integrity will be asked, however, some might find it uncomfortable to share professional and personal positions they hold, or to share sensitive personal information about themselves. If any questions arise after the interview, we can answer these via phone, email, or with a meeting if you so wish.

If a need for support related to your participation should arise, this will be met either through follow-up conversations with the researchers, or referral to professional support if desired. If professional support is needed, the lead researcher responsible for the project will ensure that a point of contact is provided.

How information about you will be handled 

Your answers will be recorded and then transcribed for analysis. All information collected will be processed ensuring that no unauthorised person can access it. The results will be synthesised for publications in scientific journals, presented at international conferences, and in an anthology aimed for the medical profession, medical students, and government bodies. No information or opinions in publications will be traceable to any single individual.  

The principal research entity, the University of Gothenburg, is responsible for your personal data. In accordance with the EU's data protection regulation (GDPR), you have the right to access any information about you that is handled as part of the study free of charge, and, if necessary, have any errors corrected. You can also request that information about you be deleted, or that the processing of your personal data be restricted. However, the right to erasure and to limit the processing of personal data does not apply if the data is deemed necessary for the research. If you want to access the data, please contact the lead researcher responsible for the project (see below). The Data Protection Officer can be reached at dataskyddsombud@gu.se. If you are dissatisfied with the way your personal data is processed, you have the right to file a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection as the supervisory authority. The research programme has been approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, Ref. no. 2024-03257-01/2026-02240-02 E-mail: registrant@etikprovning.se.

Your participation is entirely voluntary

Participation in the study, in one or multiple interviews is entirely voluntary, and you do not have to participate on several occasions if you agree to an interview. No compensation is provided for your participation. If you choose not to participate or wish to withdraw your participation, this will be accommodated with you having to give any reason for doing so. To withdraw from the study, you can contact the researcher responsible for the project at any time.

The research is funded by the Swedish Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council's Research Excellence Grant. 

PRINCIPLE RESEARCH ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUDY

The Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg

PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES

The University of Edinburgh

Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences, and the Law

NIKU The Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage 

UiT: The Arctic University of Norway

RESEARCH PROJECT: Physicians’ perceptions, experiences, and practices where migration control policies enter medicine

We are reaching out to you as a future physician. We would like to ask if you would be willing to participate in a study by taking part in an interview. The interview concerns your perceptions, experiences, and approaches to issues that arise at the intersection of medicine and migration control policies, for example questions regarding the duty to report undocumented patients, or the role of medicine in border control and deportation practices. This document provides information about the purpose of this research, and what participation in the study involves. 

What the study is about and why we would like you to participate

The study aims to increase understanding of how medicine encounters and interacts with migration control policies, and how physicians perceive, experience, and respond to such policies in everyday clinical practice, across contexts. The study is longitudinal, meaning that it follows the development of the medical profession’s perceptions, experiences, and practices over time. NOTE. Taking part in several interviews is not a requirement for participation in the study.  

We are reaching out to you and asking you to take part because you are admitted to a medical school, where you may come to encounter migration control policies during your clinical training or in your future professional role, either in clinical practice or in other professional contexts.  

What taking part entails

Participating in the study involves taking part in an interview lasting approximately 60-90 minutes. During the interview, fictitious cases will be presented to you, and you will have the opportunity to reflect and share how you would handle these cases if you were to encounter a similar patient in your clinical training or work. We will make efforts to accommodate your wishes regarding a place and time for the interview. The interview will be conducted via videocall or over the phone, if this is more practical for you. The interviews are conducted in English primarily (French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Arabic, and Scandinavian language interviews can also be arranged if preferred). If you prefer to use an interpreter, this can also be arranged. 

If you choose to participate in the study, we may ask you if you would be willing to be contacted again for further interviews. The timing of any further interviewing would again be based on your wishes. We will also ask you if you would like to be involved in trying new and creative methods of data collection, that we are developing as part of the project together with participants who wish to do so.

Potential risks involved in participating in this study 

During the conducting of this research, situations may arise that may be experienced as emotionally sensitive for you as a participant. No questions that could infringe on your integrity will be asked, however, some might find it uncomfortable to share professional and personal positions they hold, or to share sensitive personal information about themselves. If any questions arise after the interview, we can answer these via phone, email, or with a meeting if you so wish.

If a need for support related to your participation should arise, this will be met either through follow-up conversations with the researchers, or referral to professional support if desired. If professional support is needed, the lead researcher responsible for the project will ensure that a point of contact is provided.

How information about you will be handled 

Your answers will be recorded and then transcribed for analysis. All information collected will be processed ensuring that no unauthorised person can access it. The results will be synthesised for publications in scientific journals, presented at international conferences, and in an anthology aimed for the medical profession, medical students, and government bodies. No information or opinions in publications will be traceable to any single individual.  

The principal research entity, the University of Gothenburg, is responsible for your personal data. In accordance with the EU's data protection regulation (GDPR), you have the right to access any information about you that is handled as part of the study free of charge, and, if necessary, have any errors corrected. You can also request that information about you be deleted, or that the processing of your personal data be restricted. However, the right to erasure and to limit the processing of personal data does not apply if the data is deemed necessary for the research. If you want to access the data, please contact the lead researcher responsible for the project (see below). The Data Protection Officer can be reached at dataskyddsombud@gu.se. If you are dissatisfied with the way your personal data is processed, you have the right to file a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection as the supervisory authority. The research programme has been approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, Ref. no. 2024-03257-01/2026-02240-02 E-mail: registrant@etikprovning.se.

Your participation is entirely voluntary

Participation in the study, in one or multiple interviews is entirely voluntary, and you do not have to participate on several occasions if you agree to an interview. No compensation is provided for your participation. If you choose not to participate or wish to withdraw your participation, this will be accommodated with you having to give any reason for doing so. To withdraw from the study, you can contact the researcher responsible for the project at any time.

The research is funded by the Swedish Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council's Research Excellence Grant. 

PRINCIPLE RESEARCH ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUDY

The Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg

PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES

The University of Edinburgh

Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences, and the Law

NIKU The Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage 

UiT: The Arctic University of Norway

RESEARCH PROJECT: Physicians’ perceptions, experiences, and practices where migration control policies enter medicine

We are reaching out to you as a physician or future physician engaged in protest/organising/activism at any level. We would like to ask whether you would be willing to participate in a study by taking part in an interview and, potentially, allowing a researcher to follow your engagement regarding migration control policies (participant observation). The interview concerns your perceptions, experiences, and approaches to issues at the intersection of medicine and migration control policies, for example questions regarding the duty to report undocumented patients or the role of medicine in border control and deportation practices. Participant observation concerns, with great sensitivity to your situation, observing how grassroots movements develop in response to migration control policies relating to healthcare. This document provides information about the purpose of the research and what participation in the study involves.

What the study is about and why we would like you to participate

The study aims to increase understanding of how medicine encounters and interacts with migration control policies, and how physicians perceive, experience, and respond to such policies in everyday clinical practice, across contexts. The study is longitudinal, meaning that it follows the development of the medical profession’s perceptions, experiences, and practices over time. NOTE. Taking part in several interviews/participant observations is not a requirement for participation in the study.  

We are asking you to take part because you are a physician or medical student who is engaged or has engaged in organising, opposition, or protest, etc. in relation to migration control policies in healthcare.

What taking part entails

Participating in the study involves taking part in an interview lasting approximately 60-90 minutes. We will make efforts to accommodate your wishes regarding a place and time for the interview. The interview will be conducted via videocall or over the phone, if this is more practical for you. The interviews are conducted in English primarily (French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Arabic, and Scandinavian language interviews can also be arranged if preferred). If you prefer to use an interpreter, this can also be arranged. 

If you consent to participant observation as well, this involves one of our researchers accompanying you during an occasion or activity that you feel is relevant, in order to develop understanding and knowledge about the challenges of engaging as a physician/medical student in issues related to migration control policy, as well as exploring the thoughts, reactions, and actions that this may give rise to. Participant observation is done with great sensitivity on the part of the researcher to the situations that may arise during the occasion, which means that the researcher will withdraw if they perceive that it unexpectedly becomes ethically inappropriate to continue observing. 

If you choose to participate in the study, we may ask you if you would be willing to be contacted again for further interviews. The timing of any further interviewing would again be based on your wishes. We may also ask if we may continue participant observation with you during a day in healthcare or in any other location that you consider relevant to the research. We are interested in following physicians and future physicians in several contexts to investigate how the context affects the topic of study. We will also ask you if you would like to be involved in trying new and creative methods of data collection, that we are developing as part of the project together with participants who wish to do so.

Potential risks involved in participating in this study 

During the conducting of this research, situations may arise that may be experienced as emotionally sensitive for you as a participant. No questions that could infringe on your integrity will be asked, however, some might find it uncomfortable to share professional and personal positions they hold, or to share sensitive personal information about themselves. If any questions arise after the interview, we can answer these via phone, email, or with a meeting if you so wish.

If a need for support related to your participation should arise, this will be met either through follow-up conversations with the researchers, or referral to professional support if desired. If professional support is needed, the lead researcher responsible for the project will ensure that a point of contact is provided.

How information about you will be handled 

Your answers will be recorded and then transcribed for analysis. All information collected will be processed ensuring that no unauthorised person can access it. The results will be synthesised for publications in scientific journals, presented at international conferences, and in an anthology aimed for the medical profession, medical students, and government bodies. No information or opinions in publications will be traceable to any single individual.  

The principal research entity, the University of Gothenburg, is responsible for your personal data. In accordance with the EU's data protection regulation (GDPR), you have the right to access any information about you that is handled as part of the study free of charge, and, if necessary, have any errors corrected. You can also request that information about you be deleted, or that the processing of your personal data be restricted. However, the right to erasure and to limit the processing of personal data does not apply if the data is deemed necessary for the research. If you want to access the data, please contact the lead researcher responsible for the project (see below). The Data Protection Officer can be reached at dataskyddsombud@gu.se. If you are dissatisfied with the way your personal data is processed, you have the right to file a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection as the supervisory authority. The research programme has been approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, Ref. no. 2024-03257-01/2026-02240-02 E-mail: registrant@etikprovning.se.

Your participation is entirely voluntary

Participation in the study, in one or multiple interviews is entirely voluntary, and you do not have to participate on several occasions if you agree to an interview. No compensation is provided for your participation. If you choose not to participate or wish to withdraw your participation, this will be accommodated with you having to give any reason for doing so. To withdraw from the study, you can contact the researcher responsible for the project at any time.

The research is funded by the Swedish Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council's Research Excellence Grant. 

PRINCIPLE RESEARCH ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUDY

The Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg

PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES

The University of Edinburgh

Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences, and the Law

NIKU The Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage 

UiT: The Arctic University of Norway