To join the network, a new member center must submit an application including a letter of intent and additional documents complying with the specifications defined below.
The application is to be sent by the referent of the candidate center to the network coordination team (coordinators and project manager) for verification of the file and request for additional information or interview if necessary, then forwarded for assessment to the members of the Steering Committee.
The decision is made after a vote by the members of the Steering Committee. A center's application for membership is accepted if it obtains an absolute majority of the votes cast by Steering Committee members. The Steering Committee's opinion is delivered by the coordination team by e-mail to the applicant, within a period ranging from 30 to 60 days after acknowledging receipt of the application.
The finalization of the center's membership is formalized by the center's commitment to respecting the network's values and operating procedures, by signing a charter.
The letter of intent submitted to apply for new center membership must meet the following criteria of excellence:
- Being part of a university site that is already a MUST member
- 0.1 FTE of medical time available for MUST network studies (half a day per week)
- Identification of support staff, point of contact at the center for the referring CRA at the university site
- Active file of at least 3,000 patients
- Participation in P4DP and/or ability to query on business tools
- Center participation in 3 studies funded over the last 5 years
- Specific equipment enabling the center to participate in studies (locked cupboard, refrigerator with temperature control, office available half a day a week)
The letter of intent must include the following elements:
- Details of collaborations with MUST members: past and current studies + other collaborations (excluding projects),
- Details of participation in primary care clinical studies (over the last 5 years, completed and ongoing studies, academic and industrial), habit of conducting research (RIPH1, RIPH2, RIPH3, Hors loi Jardé, promotion capacity),
- Names and number of GPs who would be involved in MUST studies,
- Name of structure coordinator,
- Name, profession, and number of other healthcare professionals present,
- Details of clinical research staff dedicated to the studies or able to be positioned if associated financial means,
- Average recruitment frequency and level of achievement of inclusion targets in the allotted time for primary care,
- Details of the circuit and average response time for feasibility studies,
- Specific equipment (closed cupboard, refrigerator with temperature control, office available 1/2 day a week, software...)
- Active file of available patients
- Participation in P4DP
- CV of the center's candidate referent (and GCP certificate if available).
