Parker, AArundel, CatherineMills, NicolaRooshenas, LeilaJepson, M ADonovan, J. L.Blazeby, Jane MColeman, ElizabethClark, LDoherty, LauraHewitt, Catherine APartha Sarathy , PBeard, David JBower, PeterBrealey, SBrocklehurst, P.Cooper, CCrofts, JCulliford, LDias, JDevane, Declaneldridge, sandraEmsley, RichardGalvin, SGemperle-Mannion, EJayne, DMetcalfe, AMontgomery, ARangan, ASutton, CTharmanathan , PTreweek, ShaunTorgerson, D2023-01-062023-01-062023-01-01Parker, A, Arundel, C, Mills, N, Rooshenas, L, Jepson, M A, Donovan, J L, Blazeby, J M, Coleman, E, Clark, L, Doherty, L, Hewitt, C A, Partha Sarathy , P, Beard, D J, Bower, P, Brealey, S, Brocklehurst, P, Cooper, C, Crofts, J, Culliford, L, Dias, J, Devane, D, eldridge, S, Emsley, R, Galvin, S, Gemperle-Mannion, E, Jayne, D, Metcalfe, A, Montgomery, A, Rangan, A, Sutton, C, Tharmanathan , P, Treweek, S & Torgerson, D 2023, 'Staff training to improve participant recruitment into surgical randomised controlled trials : A feasibility study within a trial (SWAT) across four host trials simultaneously', Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 2-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/263208432211069502632-0843ORCID: /0000-0002-7239-7241/work/186968407https://hdl.handle.net/2164/19806The PROMoting THE Use of SWATs (PROMETHEUS) programme was funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) [grant number MR/R013748/1]. The DISC host trial is funded by the Health Technology Assessment Programme (Grant Ref: 15/102/04). IntAct is funded by the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme, an MRC and NIHR partnership (Grant Ref: 14/150/62). The EME Programme is funded by the MRC and NIHR, with contributions from the CSO in Scotland and Health and Care Research Wales and the HSC R&D Division, Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland. PROFHER-2 is funded by the Health Technology Assessment Programme (Grant Ref: 16/73/03). START: REACTS is funded by the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Co-ordinating Centre (NETSCC); Grant Codes: 16/61/18. The development of the training intervention was funded by the MRC Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (MR/L004933/1- R53) and supported by the MRC ConDuCT-II Hub (Collaboration and innovation for Difficult and Complex randomized controlled Trials In Invasive procedures - MR/K025643/1). The online version of the training intervention was funded by the NIHR and is hosted on the NIHR Learn platform (https://learn.nihr.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=385). It is based on the face-to face GRANULE training course funded by the Bowel Disease Research Foundation in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, University of Bristol and former MRC ConDuCT-II Hub. This work was part-funded by the Wellcome Trust [ref: 204829] through the Centre for Future Health (CFH) at the University of York. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, the MRC or the Department of Health and Social Care. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the article.14721127engrandomised controlled trial (RCT)Study within a trial (SWAT)recruitmentstaff trainingprofessional educationfeasibility studysurgical trialsR MedicineMedical Research Council (MRC)MR/R013748/1MR/L004933/1- R53MR/K025643/1Wellcome Trust204,829National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)16/61/18Other14/150/6216/73/03RJournal article10.1177/2632084322110695041