Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer and Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health says of PPI  “No matter how complicated the research or how brilliant the researcher, patients and the public always offer unique, invaluable insights”….and  “People-focused research in the NHS simply cannot be delivered without the involvement of patients and the public”. With that level of endorsement, this course will demonstrate that research and PPI are not only an NIHR requirement but through practice you’ll learn that they’re made for each other and enrich your research proposals.

PPI/E will enable you to ensure that the relevant research questions are asked and inform developments through most parts of the clinical research cycle. With regard to trials recruiting and retaining participants, any research that is struggling, we will aim to demonstrate that it could improve if it was designed with and guided by - rather than for or to – patients and the public.

This module introduces PPI/E, the role it can play in your research, how it integrates your research proposal with its ethical requirements and then how it can ‘directly’ inform your research proposals and in the management of the research once funding has been secured. 

You’ll also learn from where to recruit PPI members, how to support them and how they can support you.  The course will be co-delivered by a PPI lead, experienced PPI/E lay members and a researcher whose work was significantly augmented by embracing PPI/E form the onset

Aims:

To provide an overview of:

• General background to patient and public involvement/ engagement (PPI/E), and how it helps to shape clinical research – Session 1 
• How research is conducted ethnically and responsibly, with PPI/E an integral part of that process – Session 1 
• The PPI/E work required prior to submission of funding applications – Session 2 
• The PPI/E work required should your funding application be successful – Session 2 
• Learn directly across all module elements, from people with lived experience as either a research participant, PPI member or both (both Sessions)
• Learn directly from a researcher schooled and practised in PPI/E, and of the benefits PPI/E brought to their work (both Sessions)   

• Practical ways of identifying patients, carers and the public to get involved and engaged in research
• How patient and public involvement and engagement may be implemented throughout your research proposal/application
• Listening and incorporating patient and the public views
• How to establish and maintain positive productive relations with patients and the public
• Utilise ‘On line’ resources such as the INVOLVE website

Course Accessibility

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at  bb-ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk.

Access and/or complete self-study/ pre-course tasks prior to main session
Print off pre-requisite paperwork/resources & bring them to the course
Access to specific software on laptop/ PC
Bring your own laptop/ PC to the course
Access seminar room on campus (or) access computer room on campus
Attend the course at the specified date and time
Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/or other attendees
Follow presentation slides during the course
Work from multiple windows and files open at one time on laptop/ PC
Take part in group activities/ discussions
Deliver presentation to other course participants

Booking Conditions

Latecomer policy

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a Researcher Academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time.

Importance of booking commitment

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing bb-ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk. This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process.

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.

Please note, attendances for courses will be recorded. There are no training points associated with courses run by the Researcher Academy.

Please only book a place if you can attend both of the planned sessions. Failure to engage with the programme will result in course failure. 

For any questions about the course please contact Kate.Frost@nhs.net or  Andrew.Wragg@nhs.net