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Diversity in Public Involvement Workshop: Researcher Blog
I heard about this workshop after helping out Bethany Bareham at a training event for PGR students in Newcastle University (read about it here). I found one of the issues raised in that event with regards to how to engage with a bigger variety of people during PPI activities fascinating.
Insights from the Oxford Leadership Programme
Two individuals are paid for by the SPCR to attend the Oxford Leadership Programme every year. This year researchers Drs Alyson Huntley and Sarah Tonkin-Crine attended the first week of events at St Hughes' College, Oxford, this year. This is what they had to say:
Confessions of a NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellow
For 25 years, I have been a frustrated researcher. Like many, I came into the field of research to make a difference. But as the years passed, I realised that research had little influence on healthcare policymaking or practice.
Public Involvement Workshops 2017: Public Contributor Perspective
The SPCR recently hosted 6 workshops to promote patient and public involvement in the early stages of study design, to support potential FR15 and 16 funding bids. One such workshop titled 'Clinical trials- online recruitment and electronic health records' was attended by public contributor Eric Deeson, who has written about his experiences on the day.
Developing a measure of appropriate polypharmacy in primary care: the first steps
Increasing multimorbidity and the rising numbers of guidelines focussing on how to treat specific medical conditions have led to widespread polypharmacy (the use of multiple medications in one individual).