Building Stakeholder Capacity to Engage around Technical Content

This webinar could be a helpful resource for researchers and organizations working to engage patients in discussions and decision-making related to complex and highly technical topics. Panelists Monique Does (Kaiser Permanente) and Liz Salmi (OpenNotes) discuss tools and strategies for engaging stakeholders in research data and methodology topics, and their own experiences with this type of engagement from a researcher and patient/researcher perspective. Greg Merritt (PaTH Network) moderates.

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Digital Tools for Facilitating Patient/Partner Engagement

This townhall-style webinar can be used by researchers and organizations interested in learning more about using digital tools and strategies to engage patients and other stakeholders in research. Panelists Shilpa Venkatachalam and Dana Goodlett discuss unique tools to support patient partner engagement in research and explore the opportunities and challenges for scaling and sustaining these types of tools. Bray Patrick-Lake moderates the session.

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Partnerships & Infrastructure to Support Patient & Stakeholder Engagement: A Scan of PCORnet Practices

This report examines established and emerging engagement activities currently being used by PCORnet networks. Sourced from a literature and document scan and network interviews with key staff and partners, this report captures and categorizes existing engagement activities using an organizing framework to facilitate a deeper understanding of promising engagement activities and lays the foundation for future efforts to assess the quality and effectiveness of specific engagement practices.

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OneFlorida’s Citizen Scientist Program

This webinar features the OneFlorida Clinical Research Network (CRN) and their Citizen Scientist program. Through the Citizen Scientist program, community members are engaged as meaningful collaborators throughout the research process and provide feedback on research questions, study design, research materials, and other items. Organizations seeking to work with OneFlorida or establish a similar program can use this webinar as a resource.

Learn about the program here.

Access the Citizen Scientist Program and Curriculum here.

Patient Partner Position Description

In this document, the Research Action for Health Network (REACHnet) Clinical Research Network (CRN) describes the roles and scope of a patient-partner consultant. This resource can be used by researchers and other stakeholder groups seeking to hire or contract with a patient partner to review and evaluate projects for patient-centeredness, participate in communication initiatives, prioritize research topics, and partake in other activities to improve stakeholders’ capacity to conduct patient-centered research.

REACHnet is a Network Partner in PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. PCORnet has been developed with funding from PCORI.

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ADVANCE’s Patient Engagement Panel (PEP)

This webinar features the ADVANCE Clinical Research Network (CRN) and their Patient Engagement Panel (PEP). Through the PEP, patients can advise ADVANCE on network-level issues and provide input to researchers on ongoing projects. Other organizations seeking to work with ADVANCE or establish a stakeholder advisory and research review committee can use this webinar as a resource.

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PEDSnet’s Family and Youth Research Education Program (FYREworks)

This webinar features the PEDSnet Clinical Research Network (CRN) and their Family and Youth Research Education program (FYREworks). FYREworks is a set of interactive and web-based trainings and toolkits designed to help youth, caregivers, and researchers form research partnerships and conduct patient-centered outcomes research. Organizations seeking to work with PEDSnet or engage youth patients and their caregivers in research can use this webinar as a resource.

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INSIGHT’s Accelerator Model of Engagement

This webinar features the INSIGHT Clinical Research Network (CRN) and their Accelerator model of engagement. Through the Accelerator model, INSIGHT convenes topic-specific teams of patients and other stakeholders to rapidly provide guidance on INSIGHT’s policies, research questions, and general direction. Other organizations seeking to work with INSIGHT or establish patient and stakeholder accelerator programs can use this webinar as a resource.

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GPC’s Rapid PACE online engagement community for investigators

This webinar features the Greater Plains Collaborative Clinical Research Network (CRN) and their Rapid PACE online engagement community for investigators. Through Rapid PACE, investigators can present their projects to and solicit feedback from a panel of patients and stakeholders. Other organizations seeking to work with GPC or establish patient and stakeholder reactor panels can use this webinar as a resource.

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