Seminar: 26th November 2014, 1-2pm

“(Almost) Everything you need to know about identifying, recruiting and supporting patients/service users as collaborators in education and research”

26th November 2014, 1-2pm

A225, College Building, City University London

 

Alan Simpson

Join Professor Alan Simpson Professor of Collaborative Mental Health Nursing in the School of Health Sciences, City University London and Lead for the Centre for Mental Health Research, in exploring how educators and researchers often see the merits of involving patients or service users in their teaching or research studies and are keen to ‘give it a go’ but get waylaid in various worries, concerns and questions. Things like:

“How do I identify and engage suitable people?”

“What can I ask them to do?”

“What if the stress makes them ill?”

“Will the students listen to them?”

“What about training and support?”

During the seminar Professor Simpson will draw on research literature, his experiences and those of colleagues to explore some of these challenges and how best to address them.

City University London wins national public engagement award

Dear All

As we welcome everyone back to the start of a new academic year, we wanted to share this good news that came in over the summer.

SUGAR (Service User and Carer Group Advising on Research)

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Researchers from the School of Health Sciences at City University London have won the Health and Wellbeing award in the national Engage Competition for their public engagement work.

Recognised for successfully developing community engagement and collaborative working in mental health nursing research, SUGAR (Service User and Carer Group Advising on Research) – which is facilitated by Professor Alan Simpson from the School of Health Sciences – was the winning project from over 230 entries. The competition is run by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE).

The judges praised the project and the “thoughtful, sophisticated and deeply embedded engagement throughout the research process. The partners took ownership and the university has truly become their resource. Fabulous value and transferable to other disciplines.”

More can be read about this great news on the following links:

ELFT story

Winners:

http://www.eastlondon.nhs.uk/News-Events/News/SUGAR-Wins-National-Public-Engagement-Award.aspx

Shortlisted:

http://www.eastlondon.nhs.uk/News-Events/News/SUGAR-shortlisted-for-national-public-engagement-award.aspx

 NCPPE Story

http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/blog/engage-competition-2014-awards-ceremony

http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/news/nccpe-engage-competition-2014-award-winners-announced

https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/work-with-us/competition/competition-finalists

Patient and Public Involvement Workshop on 29th May 2014

Research Design Service London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are holding a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Workshop to help you develop PPI within your research proposal.

The workshop will cover practical aspects of involving patients in the research process and will provide you with an understanding of the methods and resources available to involve patients most effectively in the various stages of the research process. The workshop is unique in the area of PPI, being co-designed and co-delivered by patient trainers, giving the opportunity to participants to discuss specific challenges in their own studies with experienced service users. The workshop is targeted towards researchers that are currently in the process of applying to NIHR or similar funding streams.

WhereFunction Room, Henriette Raphael Building, KCL Guy’s Campus

Date: 29 May 2014

Time: 13:00 – 16:30

The workshop is limited to 20 places so please book quickly to avoid disappointment.

Book online HERE.

For further enquires, please contact:

Kate Huckett

Operations Officer

Research Design Service London

Capital House, 42 Weston Street, LONDON, SE1 3QD

rdslondon.co.uk | kate.huckett@kcl.ac.uk | 020 7848 6684

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