Moreau Katherine A, Eady Kaylee, Heath Sarah E
Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
J Patient Exp. 2021 Jan 13;8:2374373520981484. doi: 10.1177/2374373520981484. eCollection 2021.
There are demands to involve patients in medical education research (MER). This study surveyed researchers to examine the extent and nature of patient involvement in MER. It obtained 283 completed surveys (response rate of 5%). Of the respondents, 153 (54.1%) indicated that they involve patients in MER. Of these respondents, 102 (66.7%) stated that patients are data sources in MER, 41 (26.8%) noted that patients are involved as advisors and/or reviewers, and/or 22 (14.4%) indicated that patients are involved as team members. These respondents reported that they involve patients to improve the relevance of their MER to patients (n = 99; 64.7%), connect MER to patient outcomes (n = 98; 64.1%), and improve the appropriateness of MER (n = 92; 60.1%). The 130 respondents who do not involve patients in MER do not involve them because they believe that their research topic(s) are irrelevant to patients (n = 68; 52.3%), they have limited resources for patient involvement (n = 40; 30.8%), and/or they do not know how to involve patients (n = 28; 21.5%). Researchers need to consider how they can conduct their MER with patients.
目前存在让患者参与医学教育研究（MER）的需求。本研究对研究人员进行了调查，以考察患者参与MER的程度和性质。共获得283份完整的调查问卷（回复率为5%）。在受访者中，153人（54.1%）表示他们在MER中让患者参与。在这些受访者中，102人（66.7%）称患者是MER中的数据来源，41人（26.8%）指出患者作为顾问和/或评审员参与其中，和/或22人（14.4%）表示患者作为团队成员参与。这些受访者报告称，他们让患者参与是为了提高MER与患者的相关性（n = 99；64.7%）、将MER与患者的治疗结果联系起来（n = 98；64.1%）以及提高MER的适宜性（n = 92；60.1%）。在MER中不让患者参与的130名受访者不这样做的原因是，他们认为自己的研究主题与患者无关（n = 68；52.3%）、患者参与的资源有限（n = 40；30.8%）和/或不知道如何让患者参与（n = 28；21.5%）。研究人员需要考虑如何与患者一起开展他们的MER。
