WORKSHOP: Consumer and Community Involvement in Research

This course has been developed in response to queries from researchers and students on practical ways to start involving consumers and the community in their research.

The aims of the two-day workshop are to:

* raise awareness of the contribution consumers and the community can make to research when involved as active partners * identify and address barriers to consumer and community participation * explore and develop ways to start involving consumers and the community as partners in their research work, and to develop good practice * encourage and support researchers and students who have an interest in consumer and community involvement in research.

Educational objectives

By the end of the workshop, we hope you will:

* be able to identify why and how consumers and the community can contribute to research * have an awareness of consumer and community perspectives and experiences on being actively involved in research * have an awareness of researchers’ perspectives and experiences of working with consumers and the community * have knowledge about organisations that are working towards increasing consumer and community involvement in research activities and the support and/or help these organisations can provide * start to consider how the theories and examples of good practice covered in the workshop can be utilised in your own research * have heard from a range of consumers, community members and researchers about their experience of consumer and community participation in research.

This is a 2 day intensive workshop, available on either 7-8 December or 10-11 December. Please visit our website for further information including enrolment details.