PRIMER (Primary Care Research in Manchester Engagement Resource): A patient, carer and public involvement group working collaboratively with primary care researchers
2014 Conference
Abstract: PRIMER is a patient, carer and public involvement group based at the Centre for Primary Care (CPC) at the University of Manchester. The group was set up in 2009 and works closely with researchers to encourage and support patient and public involvement (PPI). PRIMER is the first PPI group in the UK to focus on PPI in a primary care research context. The group has 15 members (5 of whom participate remotely) with a diverse range of expertise and experience of using primary care services.
What people will learn from the poster:
The aims of the Group as defined by members
The structure of the group: Lay Chair, Vice Chair and two types of membership
How the Group was set up and its role, including:
- advising on over 40 research projects covering a wide variety of research methods (including as co-applicants)
- delivering educational seminars to researchers
- delivering co-designed training to researchers
- inputting into local and national PPI strategy
- co-designing a package of open-access resources
- active role in planning the first Patient Hack research prioritisation event
- providing an information website
- developing impact measurement tools
- transforming two PRIMER-inspired research questions into funded projects.
How the long-term support of PRIMER by the National School for Primary Care Research (NSPCR) and the CPC has enabled the group to actively promote PPI as the landscape of PPI has changed.
Future directions
Authors
Bell ~ Stephen
Stephen Bell has been Vice-Chair of PRIMER, University of Manchester, for 2½ years and is a former graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. His health and well being interests include: patient and public involvement (PPI), dentistry, appearance related matters, body: confidence / image / dysmorphia / issues / language, nutrition, mental health, psychology and social interaction.
View all articles by this authorDonnelly ~ Ailsa
Chair, Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (GM PSTRC) Research User Group. Ailsa Donnelly is a founder member of Primary Care Research in Manchester Engagement Resource (PRIMER) and has been Chair for 3 years. She is active in patient and public involvement across many areas of primary care, particularly research, and views patient/researcher collaboration as a partnership between experts with different areas of expertise.
View all articles by this authorPlanner ~ Claire
Claire Planner is a Research Associate and PhD student at the Centre for Primary Care, University of Manchester. Claire has coordinated the Primary Care Research in Manchester Engagement Resource (PRIMER) patient and public involvement (PPI) group for over four years and is interested in different approaches to PPI and evaluating impact.
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