Creating and Running a Patient Public Involvement (PPI) group

 **Discounts are available for this course, including Funded Places for staff and students of the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. Please see funding and discounts section below.**

This half-day course is designed to give practical guidance for setting up and running a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group for clinical research. In this course we will cover:

• How to approach recruitment

• “Behind the scenes” groundwork to help make your group a success

• Different meeting formats – and whether a PPI group is right for your project

• Building sustainable relationships with your public partners

• Considerations for under-served groups

• Budgeting for your PPI activities and non-monetary rewards

• Capturing impact and involving your public partners in dissemination

• Common problems and how to resolve them

This course will be delivered online via MS Teams. 

If you want to place an order on behalf of someone else, please email education@edinburghCRF.ed.ac.uk.

If this course is fully booked, please email education@edinburghCRF.ed.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list (please include your name, course name and course date). 

By the end of this course you will learn how to:

• create a plan for your new or existing PPI group
• create adverts and role descriptions for your panel
• understand how to keep running your group in an inclusive and sustainable way

This course is designed for anyone planning to set up or already involved in supporting Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) groups within clinical research. A basic understanding of PPI is expected. 

This course is designed for academic, public sector and charity workers and we are offering it at a discounted price for people working in those sectors. It may also be possible to offer places to commercial organisations – please email education@edinburghCRF.ed.ac.uk for further information about availability, applicable booking fees and how to book.

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.