This document is intended for researchers who are considering doing community engagement, particularly those who intend to establish a longstanding relationship with a community group or patient partner. It presents tips and advice gleaned from engagement experts, researchers, and patient partners in the PaTH CRN.
Checklist
Tip Sheet for Partnering with Researchers
Patient and community partnered research is becoming more common because community members have valuable insight that can help researchers develop research questions that matter the most to the community, design studies that are easier for people to participate in, and share the results of their research outside of academic journals. The tips here are meant to help you have the best possible experience partnering with researchers.
SMART IRB and IREx List
This form gives investigators and project teams a consolidated view of which sites participating in PCORnet maintain an IRB. It also provides the site Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) number and notates which sites have signed the SMART IRB reliance agreement and registered in the IRB Reliance Exchange (IREx) platform. This site list is updated regularly and eliminates the need for investigators and project teams to search for key information in several different places.
OCHIN-ADVANCE Engagement Values, Functions, and Metrics
OCHIN-ADVANCE outlined its priorities and metrics for engagement across patient and caregiver groups in this snapshot. This resource can be used by researchers and other stakeholder groups seeking to improve their level of engagement with patients and caregivers to support a patient-centered research process.
Access the Engagement Values, Functions, and Metrics document
Patient Engagement Officer Description
In this document, the Greater Plains Collaborative (GPC) Clinical Research Network (CRN) describes the role of a Patient Engagement Officer (PEO). This resource can be used by researchers and other stakeholders who are seeking to hire a PEO to improve engagement through identifying, recruiting, and supporting patient partners and liaising between engagement work of an organization and staff from local sites.
GPC is a Network Partner in PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. PCORnet has been developed with funding from PCORI.