Master's Thesis - Patient and researcher interviews

[Annette McKinnon]

Conchita Saldanha is a 2nd year masters student at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Aliki Thomas. I participated and asked her to share results, which she will. Her email is conchita.saldanha@mail.mcgill.ca

"I am currently recruiting participants for my study titled, "Patients' and Researchers' perspective on the impact of Patient Engagement in rehabilitation research."

The objective of my study is to understand how patient partners and researchers define and evaluate the impact of Patient Engagement (PE) in rehabilitation research and to explore the challenges and opportunities encountered by the patient partners and researchers during the evaluation of impact of PE.

The inclusion criteria are as follows:

For researchers: a minimum of two years of experience in conducting research in the field of PE in rehabilitation research. The researchers' can be involved in any area of rehabilitation research (i.e., stroke, TBI, MSK).

For patient partners: a minimum of two years of experience working as a patient partner and conducting research in the field of PE in rehabilitation research. Any area of rehabilitation research (i.e., stroke, TBI, MSK).

The study will be conducted in English or in French according to the convenience of the participants.

Exclusion criteria:

Researchers who do not conduct research with patient partners.

Patients who have been involved as participants and not as patient partners.

Speech, language, and cognitive impairments.

I am conducting semi-structured interviews that would take around 60-90 minutes. Please let me know if you would be willing to participate.