call for nominations: Masterclass on the Conduct and Use of Patient-Oriented Research

Ontario, Canada

The masterclass is designed to prepare future champions for the conduct and use of patient-oriented research in Ontario’s health system and future mentors to others becoming involved in the conduct and use of patient-oriented research.

Funders and contributing partners
The masterclass is supported by the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) with funding from the Government of Ontario and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).  The design of the masterclass curriculum and coordination of the faculty involved in its execution are being led by the McMaster Health Forum in partnership with the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

Objectives

• To develop the competencies needed to support the conduct and use patient-oriented research in Ontario
• To become familiar with the additional training and other supports available in Ontario to conduct and use patient-oriented research
• To identify ways that you, your organization and other organizations with whom you work can better support the conduct and use of patient-oriented research in the future and monitor and evaluate your efforts

Selected nominees will receive an invitation to participate, with priority given to those who:

• have an emerging or strong interest in patient-oriented research
• have experience as one of:
  • patient or family member of a patient who has received care in Ontario’s health system,
  • healthcare provider who participates in or uses (or would like to use) patient-oriented research in their clinical practice,
  • policymaker or manager who supports (or would like to support) patient-oriented research or uses it in their decision-making, or
  • researcher or research trainee who conducts (or would like to conduct) patient-oriented research
• have qualities that make them well suited to, and likely to commit to, act as champions for patient-oriented research and, when possible, to mentor others becoming involved in the conduct and use of patient-oriented research
• contribute to the diversity of the participants by virtue of the part of the province where they’re from or their gender, first language, ethnocultural background, age (or career stage), patient-engagement experience, and focus/interest.