Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Patient engagement in research (PER) means finding ways that patients can become more active in the research process since patients are the ultimate recipient of advances made in healthcare research. Therefore, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Sunnybrook) has made a commitment to create clearer pathways for patients and their family members to have a stronger voice in the development and implementation of research at Sunnybrook. The purpose of the project is to: 1) provide patients, family members and researchers with information about the PER strategy at Sunnybrook; and 2) obtain feedback from patients, family members and researchers on the best way to implement PER. To accomplish these goals, a series of town-hall style meetings at Sunnybrook will be held, and will invite researchers, clinicians, decision makers, community partners, and patients and their family members to learn about PER. At these meetings, attendees will also be able to provide feedback that will contribute to the development of a PER framework to use across the hospital. As a result of this work, Sunnybrook will be well positioned to implement PER across the hospital and will be able to achieve its goal of becoming a national leader of PER.