Course

Partners in Research

Type: Hybrid

Overview

This course consists of 4 live web-based sessions and is designed for patients, families/caregivers and healthcare researchers. The PiR course will focus on how patients, families, and healthcare researchers can work together to improve health research and healthcare.Workshop highlights include:

  • Access to a variety of useful resources on patient-oriented research.
  • A personalized online learning environment to help you set and meet your individual patient-oriented research learning goals,
  • Interactive activities and discussions to help you build capacity in applying patient-oriented research principles,
  • Connect with others who are interested in or already involved in patient-oriented research.

Outline

PiR aims to help patients and families/ caregivers:

  • Voice their real-life experiences and encourage others to do the same,
  • Partner with researchers,
  • Engage in decision-making,
  • Engage in meaningful discussions around patient-oriented research.

PiR aims to help researchers:

  • Select an appropriate patient engagement strategy,
  • Partner with patients,
  • Engage patients in decision-making and better understand patient’s needs,
  • Engage in meaningful discussions around patient-oriented research.

Who should take this course?

  • Patients, Families/Caregivers, Healthcare Researchers, Grad students

Status

  • This course is not currently being offered.

Admission

  • Applicants should be currently involved in projects that relate to patient-oriented research, or interested in learning more about how to participate in patient-oriented research.

Course Length

  • N/A

Start Date

  • TBD

Contact

  • KTEducation@UnityHealth.to

Area of Focus

  • Implementation Science

Costs and Fees

  • TBD

Publication

Testimonials

End of Grant KT Student

I appreciate the tools that were provided in this course that can assist with planning projects. I have a great deal of knowledge about education and knowledge translation, but it is grounded in other contexts – I found in particular the tools that were provided were really helpful in translating my knowledge into the health care context. I will change my planning and writing practices in future and use these a great deal. I also had little knowledge about journal metrics in a scientific context – so, the section on how to assess where to submit materials was really helpful, and will change how I look at where to send things.

End of Grant KT Student

It was a really great course, I’d definitely recommend it to others!