8/3/2019 Ellen Franklin Recruit Letter
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EllenF.Franklin
CEO,KairosInstituteofSoundHealing,LLC
CreatorsoftheAcutonicsHealingSystem
157PachecoRoad,Box8,Llano,NM87543
[email protected]
www.acutonics.com
MynameisEllenFranklinandIamagraduatestudentinthepsychologyPhDprogram
atSaybrookUniversity.Thisletteristoinquireintoyourinterestinparticipatingina
pilotresearchstudy,whichispartofmyCaseStudyMethodscourserequirement.
Participantsmustcurrentlybeemployedinahospitalsettingandhaveatleastfive
yearsofexperienceasaregisterednurse.Participantswillbeaskedtomakean8-hour
commitmentbetweenOctober24thandNovember18th,2011.
Duringthistimeyouwillagreetobeinterviewedtwice,bothinterviewswillbe
approximately90minutesinduration.Interviewswillberecordedandtranscribedby
theresearcher.Inadditiontothe2interviewsyouwillparticipateina4-hourtrainingin
whichyouwillbetaughtaself-careintervention,thatincorporatestheuseoftuning
forksonacupuncturepoints.Researchparticipantswillagreetoapplythisintervention
twiceperweekforathree-weekperiod,andtokeepajournalinwhichtheyrecordhow
theyfeelbeforeandaftertheinterventionisadministered.
Theinitialinterviewwillaskquestionsrelatedtoyourexperiencesasanurse,witha
particularfocusonanyhealthrelatedsymptomsassociatedwithworkplacestress,as
wellasstrategiesforself-care,ifany.Participantswillbeprovidedwithtraining,
referencematerialsfortheprotocol,notebooksforrecordingobservations,andthe
tuningforkstobeusedaspartoftheself-carestudy.Attheconclusionofathree-weekperiodinwhichparticipantsadministerthe
protocoltherewillbeasecondsemi-structuredinterview,whichwillalsobetape-
recordedandtranscribedbytheresearcher.
Theinterviewsandtrainingwillbeconductedataconvenientandmutuallyagreed
uponlocation.Youridentitywillbeprotected,andallmaterialswillbekeptinlocked
files.Thereisnocompensationorreimbursementbeingofferedforyourparticipation.
However,yourparticipationinthestudymaycontributetoknowledgeandtheoryofthe
useofsoundvibrationforthepurposetobestudied.
Ifyouwouldliketoparticipateinthisstudy,oryouhaveanyquestionsorconcerns
pleasecontactmedirectlybytelephoneoremail.Researchparticipantswillbeprovidedwithandaskedtosignaninformedconsent,whichprovidesfurtherinformationonthe
proposedstudy.
PrincipalResearcher:
EllenF.Franklin
157PachecoRoad,Box8,Llano,NM87543
575-587-2689;[email protected]
