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From reading to your first call.

Kingsley Med helps you get ready to talk to a study team: what to expect, what to ask for and when. The decisions stay with you at every step.

Four stepsYou stay in charge
Before the first call

What to have ready, and what you get back.

Six things make the first call to a study team easier. Kingsley Med's guides help with each one, and the updates keep you posted about research near you.

What to have ready

Short of one? You can still call.

  • A list of your medicinesEvery tablet, inhaler and supplement, with doses.
  • The language you preferFor the consent talk, forms and every visit.
  • Your access needsAnything about getting in, moving around or waiting.
  • Times that suit youAround work, caring, prayer or a fast.
  • Who you would bringA family member, friend or support person.
  • Your questionsCopy them from the end of each guide.
A woman smiles while talking on the phone at a garden tableA call in your own time
What you get

Updates about research near you, if you want them.

A ZIP code and one area of health are all the form asks for, besides your name and email. Email is the default; a ticked box adds texts.

  • A new guideWhen we add one for your area
  • Research near youAbout the area and ZIP code you chose
  • Easy to stopReply STOP, or email us
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A doctor talks with an older man and a boy across a clinic desk
A typical first visit

One study visit, start to finish.

A first visit usually begins with the consent talk, then questions about your health, then a few simple tests. You can stop, ask and rest at any point.

Consent talk firstBring someone alongAsk how long it lasts
The form, explainedSomeone goes through the consent form with you before you sign anything.
Questions at any pointNobody should rush you. Ask until the answer is clear.
Free to leaveYou can say no on the day, or leave a study later.
The steps

Four steps, each one yours to take.

Kingsley Med explains and keeps you posted. Each step below shows what the site does and the small part that is yours.

Step 1

Read about a condition

Pick one of the six areas we cover and read what its studies tend to ask of volunteers.

  • What visits often include
  • Words you may hear, explained
Your partRead one area pageAbout ten minutes
Your partWrite down two or three needsKeep them by the phone
Step 2

Note the support you need

Use the guides to decide what would make a study possible for you: an interpreter, step-free access, a later start.

  • Language and access guides
  • Questions to ask, ready to copy
Step 3

Hear about research near you

Fill in a short form with your ZIP code and one area. Occasional news about nearby research follows by email, plus texts if you opt in.

  • Up to four texts a month
  • Reply STOP to end texts
Your partGive a ZIP code and an areaOne short form
Your partMake the first callThe team takes it from there
Step 4

Ask your questions, needs included

When something interests you, you contact the study team directly and ask your questions, support needs included.

  • Kingsley passes on nothing
  • You decide whether to go ahead
Free, and easy to stop

Hear about research near you.

Pick an area of health and add your ZIP code for occasional research news from Kingsley Med, sent by email, with texts as an option.

Get updatesYour details stay with Kingsley Med
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