Building Research Partnerships (NI) training: New training dates

In-person workshop: Tuesday 24^th September 2024 9.30am – 4.00pm, Clifton House, 2 North Queen Street, Belfast, BT15 1ES

Virtual session: Tuesday 19^th November 2024 – MS Teams 10.30am – 12pm

Building Research Partnerships (NI) training has been designed for:

Patients, carers and members of the public who are involved in or are interested in becoming involved as public partners in research, and;
Researchers who want to learn more about how to implement Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) through-out the research cycle, and build more effective PPI partnerships.

Due to demand, we are holding an in-person full day workshop on Tuesday 24^th September 2024: This interactive workshop will focus on the practical ways to involve patients, carers and the public as partners (PPI) in the research process. It will also explore the issues related to becoming and being a member of the public involved in research and the role of researchers in facilitating this involvement. The workshop will be held in NICVA, 4 Duncairn Garderns, Belfast. To register: https://forms.office.com/r/WXk4G3DBjx

Our next ‘live follow-up PPI session’ will be held on Tuesday 19^th November 2024 (10.30am-12pm): This shorter session will be delivered virtually and enables researchers and patients, carers and members of the public to come together and ask questions, get practical support on PPI, and network. To register email cara.mcclure@hscni.net

Before attending either the workshop or virtual session, please complete Section 1 of the ‘Building Research Partnerships’ NI training; this consists of a series of the pre-recorded presentations that give an ‘Introduction to Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) in research’ and can be accessed at any time.

If you require further details please contact Cara McClure (cara.mcclure@hscni.net)
For further information on the training please click here.

Additional PPI resources are also now available on our website

We have recently developed a PPI Resource Library for researchers and a PPI Resource Library for patients, carers and members of the public.

You can also contact Janet Diffin (HSC R&D Division Programme Manager) for further information on PPI in research. Email: Janet.Diffin@hscni.net / phone: 07721163412

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