Doing Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) with Under-served Groups

**Discounts are available for this course, including fully funded places for UoE/NHS Lothian staff and students please see the Funding and Discounts section below**

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) is essential for ensuring that research addresses the needs of the communities it aims to serve. 

People from under-served groups, including those living in deprivation or with lower educational attainment, are frequently under-represented in clinical research and PPI activities. Recent UK initiatives, such as NIHR-INCLUDE, are addressing this issue, and funders now increasingly require inclusive research practices (NIHR, 2024). To design research that addresses the needs of those it is intended to benefit, it is vital to involve a diverse range of patients, public members, and families. This advanced course will equip you with the skills to identify barriers and enablers to effective PPI with under-served communities.

Pre-requisite: A basic knowledge of PPI is required before undertaking this course. 

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 session, learners should:

• Understand the roots of PPI and how it is grounded in the most under-served populations

• Gain insight into the realities faced by under-served communities

• Develop skills to identify and overcome barriers to research involvement, and apply these concepts to your own PPI plans

• Learn strategies for building and maintaining trusting relationships with public contributors and their representatives 

This course if for individuals who already have a basic knowledge of patient, public involvement (PPI) in clinical research and want to improve the accessibility of their research for under-served populations.

The price displayed is the public sector and charity rate, for Industry rates please check ‘payment options’.    

There is no specific entry criteria for this course, however a basic knowledge of patient, public involvement (PPI) is expected.