This event will provide attendees with an opportunity to gain insight into the importance and benefits of patient and public involvement (PPI) as well as practical information to help them facilitate PPI within their own research.
Location: Bath Hilton Hotel
Date: 25 May 2012
Time: 9.00- 2.00 with lunch and poster viewing
Agenda
Introduction and welcome
At the Starting Line: Developing Protocol
(NIHR Research Design Service)
What support and guidance is available for researchers?
Involve?
How best to engage with patients and public and communities when designing a research project.
Running the race: Conducting the research.
Dr. Nigel Harris (Bath Institute of Medical Engineering)
A discussion of the benefits and challenges of designing a project with members suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and their carers, to create a two-way video system called InTouch. The InTouch system uses a camera to provide a wide view of a room within a home where a person with dementia could, for example, watch and hear their grandchildren playing. This talk includes a short video of the project design in action.
Refreshments and questions
Crossing the line: Implementing the findings.
Ms. Victoria Wells
Victoria, a local resident, spent her childhood and a significant portion of her adult life enduring pain and disability due to congenital hip dysplasia. Victoria will talk about her experience of making positive change and creating impact, by increasing the involvement of patients in rheumatoid research.
1pm – Lunch and Poster Viewing
Researcher PPI starter packs will be given to all attendees.
Everybody welcome!
