Delphi study services for medical consensus and group decisions
Calibrum provides Delphi consulting services and study support for medical consensus research, core outcome set development, and live group decisions. Use Surveylet with your own research team, add implementation or analysis support, or commission a turn-key study or facilitated Live Consensus Session.
Choose the right level of Delphi support
Some teams only need Surveylet Delphi survey software. Others need implementation help, a methodological checkpoint between rounds, a professional final report, focused manuscript and statistical-analysis support during publication, or a partner to help manage the full study. Calibrum separates these services so you can add support at the stage where it is most useful.
Live Consensus Sessions are a separate event-based option for conferences, workshops, advisory boards, committees, and leadership meetings that need a structured decision while participants are together.
Some studies benefit from a planned Hybrid Delphi design that combines asynchronous online rounds, Real-Time Delphi feedback, and a focused live session for unresolved or high-priority items.
Medical consensus research services
Hire Calibrum to support the Delphi component of a clinical guideline project, disease expert panel, or core outcome set study. A scoped engagement can cover methodology planning, questionnaire development, Surveylet configuration, round management, consensus analysis, and reporting. Your investigators and panel retain scientific leadership and make the clinical judgments.
Clinical guideline development
Structure independent ratings of draft statements, controlled feedback, and reconsideration. Agree on an item-level record of support, opposition, and unresolved questions for the guideline group. Evidence appraisal and final recommendations remain with your clinical and methodology leads.
Disease expert panels
Organize clinician, researcher, patient, and caregiver input around defined questions. Plan panel eligibility, stakeholder groups, anonymity, feedback, and consensus rules before launch. Your team identifies the subject-matter experts; recruitment responsibilities are agreed in the proposal.
Core outcome set studies
Support outcome prioritization for clinical trial research with stakeholder ratings, controlled feedback, and meeting preparation. Our core outcome set service page explains the Delphi scope and how to prepare candidate outcomes from your evidence review.
Agree on the deliverables before work starts
A proposal can specify a study plan, approved questionnaire, tested Surveylet workflow, round and participation summaries, analysis-ready exports, and a consensus report. Define which are included, who approves each stage, and how additional rounds or revisions will be handled. A facilitated panel meeting and manuscript support should be named explicitly when required.
Review published medical studies using Surveylet and ask about relevant client references. Publications demonstrate use of the software; they do not imply that Calibrum supplied every research service. Our medical Delphi guide covers design choices, and turn-key study services explain broader delivery support.
Compare Delphi support options
Choose according to your study stage, the capabilities already available within your team, and the deliverable you need. Services can be used individually or combined over time.
| Option | Best For | Typical Stage | What Calibrum Provides | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surveylet Platform | Experienced teams with internal Delphi leadership | Any study stage | Admin access, response capacity, multi-round and Real-Time Delphi tools, participant workflows, feedback, exports, and standard technical support | View Features |
| Complete Survey Care | Teams that own the study design but want hands-on implementation and operational help | Setup, launch, active rounds | Survey review, programming, testing, launch support, user and notification management, round changes, data assistance, and ongoing support within purchased hours | See What's Included |
| Progress Review & Recommendations | Teams that need an expert methodological checkpoint before deciding what to do next | Between rounds or phases | Participation and representation review, response quality, consensus development, findings, readiness assessment, written recommendations, and a review meeting | Discuss a Review |
| Analysis & Final Report | Teams that need comprehensive interpretation and a stakeholder- or publication-ready final deliverable | Study completion | Criterion-specific consensus and disagreement analysis, round-to-round findings, participation and attrition, stakeholder patterns, qualitative themes, publication-ready tables and figures, methodology, reproducibility materials when included, conclusions, and a professional report | View Service |
| Manuscript Revision & Statistical Analysis | Teams preparing a manuscript, responding to peer review, or revising a completed study | Post-study / publication | Manuscript and data review, statistical reanalysis, data reconciliation, consensus checks, revised tables or figures, methods/results refinement, and revision support | View Support |
| Turn-Key Delphi Study Services | Teams that want Calibrum involved across the full Delphi process | Planning through completion | Methodology planning, questionnaire design, Surveylet implementation, participant workflow, round administration, consensus analysis, and agreed reporting support | View Services |
| Live Consensus Sessions | Groups that need a structured and documented decision while participants are together | Conference, workshop, advisory board, committee, or leadership meeting | Session planning, question preparation, Surveylet configuration, rehearsal, live facilitation or monitoring, anonymized feedback, reconsideration, and post-session results | View Service |
Live Consensus Sessions for conferences, workshops, and meetings
When 15, 20, or more people need to make a decision together, open discussion alone can take too long and may be shaped by hierarchy, confidence, or who speaks first. A Surveylet Live Consensus Session gives every participant an independent voice, provides anonymized group feedback, and creates a structured opportunity to reconsider before the group records its outcome.
Plan the decision
Clarify the objective, prepare statements or options, define rating scales, and establish how agreement, disagreement, and priority will be interpreted.
Run the session
Participants respond from their devices while Calibrum supports access, monitors participation, presents group feedback, and manages reconsideration periods.
Document the outcome
Receive data exports and a concise summary of participation, consensus, disagreement, priorities, and issues requiring further discussion.
What a turn-key Delphi engagement can cover
The workflow below describes the broader end-to-end support available through Turn-Key Delphi Study Services. Teams using Surveylet Platform or Complete Survey Care may retain more of these responsibilities internally.
Your team provides the subject-matter expertise. We help structure the process.
Your team typically provides
- Study leadership and scientific ownership
- Clinical or domain expertise
- Candidate items, outcomes, or statements
- Participant and panelist criteria, access to the intended expert community, and agreed recruitment tasks
- Steering-committee input
- Final interpretation and publication decisions
Calibrum can support
- Delphi methodology and structure
- Surveylet platform configuration
- Participant workflow and communications
- Data collection and round management
- Consensus analysis and reporting materials
- Methods language and steering-committee summaries
- Randomization planning for page order, survey fatigue, stratified allocation, and block permutation designs
Plan the methodology and reporting before launch
Use our practical checklist to review panel eligibility, stakeholder representation, questionnaire development, rating dimensions, consensus and disagreement rules, controlled feedback, stopping logic, attrition, subgroup interpretation, reproducibility, and transparent final reporting.
RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method support
Surveylet can support RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method studies, including 1–9 appropriateness ratings, expert-panel workflows, structured feedback, comments, and analysis-ready exports for classifying clinical scenarios as appropriate, uncertain, or inappropriate.
Questions about Delphi study support
How should we compare medical consensus providers?
Ask for relevant study examples, a clear division of scientific and delivery responsibilities, a demonstration of feedback and data outputs, and an itemized proposal. Compare the same panel, rounds, questionnaire, meetings, and reporting scope. Confirm whether the engagement covers Delphi delivery, clinical expertise, recruitment, or a combination.
What if our team already has a protocol?
You can use Surveylet with your own team or add Complete Survey Care for implementation and operational help. Methodology review, final analysis and reporting, and manuscript support can be scoped separately.
What should we send for a proposal?
Share your study objective, draft protocol or questionnaire, stakeholder groups, expected panel size, round plan, deadline, and required outputs. Identify any consensus meeting or live event so its preparation and support can be included in the scope.
Start with the level of support your study actually needs
Tell us your study stage, internal capabilities, timeline, and desired outputs. Calibrum can recommend platform-only access, Complete Survey Care, a progress review, final reporting, manuscript revision and statistical analysis support, a turn-key engagement, or a Live Consensus Session.