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2004

 

This presentation will describe a support programme for consumer involvement in research and consider its value by comparing it with other learning models. It will focus on the conference theme of ‘designing and managing’ learning programmes for consumer involvement.

In this presentation we shall explain the vision that gave rise to the development of a learning programme to support user-involvement in eleven very diverse research projects in Primary Care in the London Region. We shall discuss the models for learning programmes that were used, and their advantages and disadvantages for meeting the initial aims of the project in a climate of continual change and complex partnerships. Finally, we shall use the comparative framework to explore a range of learning models for maximising learning and sharing in the context of change and diversity. Our presentation will take us through the team’s experiences of methods including interactive workshops, open ‘surgeries’ to individual support, educational resources, action learning sets and learning networks.

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