Biggane Alice M, Olsen Maria, Williamson Paula R
1Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Université de Paris, CRESS, INSERM, INRA, F-75004 Paris, France.
Res Involv Engagem. 2019 Nov 19;5:35. doi: 10.1186/s40900-019-0170-2. eCollection 2019.
The importance of patient and public involvement (PPI) in the design and conduct of health research projects is gaining widespread recognition; however, it is still a developing area. Furthermore, PPI in methodological health research can help increase research value Thus, it is of great importance that researchers, especially early stage researchers continue to discuss and learn about the future challenges and opportunities of PPI.
With this commentary, we aim to disseminate i) key messages from a recent PPI training event and ii) discuss what early stage researchers (ESRs) in the "Methods in Research on Research" (MiRoR) project can do to improve our current and future work by considering and incorporating PPI.
The latest MiRoR network meeting held at the University of Split in Croatia (2nd-3rd October), included a PPI training session with presentations from Mr. Stephens a patient, about "" and Dr. Westmore a funder on "", followed by smaller round-table discussions. This provided early stage researchers (ESRs) with an opportunity to discuss and explore the benefits and challenges of PPI in research, and the appropriate questions and research that is required for improving the implementation of PPI in clinical research.
As with intervention research, PPI is also important for methodological research since this will help to increase both the value, integrity and quality of research.By providing early stage researchers with appropriate educational, interactive and real-world training, this will introduce the various merits and challenges associated with PPI in early-stage research.
患者及公众参与（PPI）在健康研究项目的设计与实施中的重要性正得到广泛认可；然而，这仍是一个发展中的领域。此外，健康方法学研究中的PPI有助于提高研究价值。因此，研究人员，尤其是早期研究人员继续讨论并了解PPI未来面临的挑战和机遇非常重要。
通过本评论，我们旨在传播：i）近期一次PPI培训活动的关键信息；ii）讨论“研究方法研究”（MiRoR）项目中的早期研究人员（ESR）如何通过考虑并纳入PPI来改进我们当前及未来的工作。
最近在克罗地亚斯普利特大学举行的MiRoR网络会议（10月2日至3日）包括一次PPI培训环节，患者斯蒂芬斯先生就“……”进行了发言，资助者韦斯特莫尔博士就“……”进行了发言，随后进行了小型圆桌讨论。这为早期研究人员提供了一个机会，来讨论和探索PPI在研究中的益处和挑战，以及改善PPI在临床研究中实施所需的适当问题和研究。
与干预研究一样，PPI对方法学研究也很重要，因为这将有助于提高研究的价值、完整性和质量。通过为早期研究人员提供适当的教育、互动和实际培训，这将介绍早期研究中与PPI相关的各种优点和挑战。
