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Announcement a breakthrough in Patient Engagement

Announcement a breakthrough in Patient Engagement . Patients Matter: Engaging Patients as Collaborators to Improve Osteoarthritis Care in Alberta. Sponsors. Canadian Health Systems Research Foundation Alberta Health Services Universit y of Calgary Press Faculty of Medicine

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Announcement a breakthrough in Patient Engagement

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  1. Announcement a breakthrough in Patient Engagement Patients Matter: Engaging Patients as Collaborators to Improve Osteoarthritis Care in Alberta

  2. Sponsors • Canadian Health Systems Research Foundation • Alberta Health Services • University of Calgary Press • Faculty of Medicine • Bone & Joint Strategic Clinical Networks • Community Rehabilitation & Disability Studies of Community Health Sciences • Arthritis Society of Alberta & N.W.T • Calgary Institute of Public & Population Health

  3. A course for patients to conduct research with patients. • Text: Grey Matters (Marlett, Emes, 2010) a University of Calgary Open Access publication. • Format: small group instruction (on line or in person) with a mentor, use online materials to learn research by doing research. • Year 1: Learn to do field work, questionnaires and surveys, focus groups and interviews • Year 2: Design a study, write it for funding, carry it out and write it up for publication.

  4. Are you? • Curious about how things work or how to make things better? • Able to devote time and energy to learn something new? •  Interested in making a difference in Health Care? • Concerned about being healthy despite arthritis? •  Looking to meet people who are interested in research?

  5. What can you do after your education? • Get involved in the patient engagement movement in Canada. • Join local and provincial research or planning committees. • Design and administer patient satisfaction surveys for doctors, specialists, hospitals or rehab programs. • Conduct focus groups. • Interview as part for research projects. • Mentor others who want to learn about research. • Join or lead other community research projects.

  6. Information meeting • Nov. 2nd, Southport • 10-12: Awareness session outlining the course and the resources • 12-1: Lunch with sponsors and staff of the project • 1-2: Recruitment and join a research group

  7. Contact us Check our website at : http://webapps2.ucalgary.ca/~crds/greymattersinaction/ for more details and to sign up for the October launch of the project or contact Svetlana Shklarov, the Project Coordinator at:   Shklarov@ucalgary.ca TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6

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