{"id":5074,"date":"2014-04-05T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T16:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/?p=5074"},"modified":"2015-05-18T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T15:03:53","slug":"0-for-30-minutes-of-my-time-sign-me-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/0-for-30-minutes-of-my-time-sign-me-up\/2014\/04\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"$0 for 30 Minutes of My Time? Sign Me Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Best e-mail survey ever, my second invitation from them — hence a “friendly reminder”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Dear Sax,<\/p>\n

This is a friendly reminder about the online study we recently invited you to – X5328963_HCV<\/p>\n

Approximate interview length:<\/b> 30 minutes<\/strong>
\nHonorarium:<\/b> $0<\/strong>
\nEstimated end date:<\/b> 2014.06.22<\/strong><\/p>\n

By clicking the survey link below, you agree to participate under the terms specified above.<\/p>\n

Start survey.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Once complete, please click the link below to check your account balance and redeem any outstanding honoraria.<\/p>\n

Honorarium survey<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for your time — your views are important to us<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Gabriel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Doctors get a lot of survey requests, but this is the first time I’ve received one that has so accurately estimated the dollar value of an ID specialists’ time.<\/p>\n

Let’s see — if I do a hundred of these, what would my net be? Still zero?<\/p>\n

Oh well. At least my views are important to them.<\/p>\n

(Full disclosure: Survey links changed — last one to a candidate for the funniest four minutes… oh, just watch it.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n