Developing training and support case studies

In all sections of this resource, a wide range of case studies are included to illustrate how this guidance has been put into practice in different contexts. You can view these from the case study boxes on the right hand side of the web pages or by clicking on the links below.

Alison Faulkner collected the information to write the case studies and all the information contained within them was correct as at May 2012. People’s roles, contact details and links to other information may subsequently change.

1. Training for researchers – a workshop designed by a virtual working group
2. Patient and Public Involvement module in an MSc Clinical Research programme
3. Patient and Public Involvement module for researchers in MSc at King’s College, London University
4. Introduction to patient and public involvement in research
5. Research User Support Worker – Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre
6. Planning training for involvement in a systematic review
7. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cancer Research Network (NCRN): Support for lay members of the Consumer Liaison Group and Clinical Studies Groups
8. INVOLVE shared learning groups for public involvement
9. Informal approach to assessing training needs
10. Assessing training needs for patient advocates involved with the Diabetes Research Network
11. Training needs assessment of researchers at the NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre
12. Introduction to the research process – Diabetes Research Network
13. Preparing people for involvement in research using the Patient Learning Journey model
14. Integrated training for members of a research panel
15. Training in critical appraisal skills: Making sense of the evidence in dementia – the ALOIS community
16. Training for peer interviewers at Rethink
17. Training and support for service user researchers