Conversation Summaries & Resources
Bringing People Together Through Conversation
The OSSU World Café Conversations provide a welcoming space where patient and caregiver partners, researchers, clinicians, trainees, research staff, and health system partners come together to discuss opportunities and challenges in patient-oriented research.
Developed as a demonstration project, the series encourages open dialogue, shared learning, and relationship-building through community-driven conversations. Conceived through the vision of Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan, OSSU Executive Director, and developed by Maureen Smith, Dr. Stuart Nicholls, and Aleisha Fernandes, topics are suggested by participants and explored through facilitated discussion, with each session producing practical resources that can be shared across the patient-oriented research community.
Below you will find the conversation summaries, infographics, and supporting resources from each OSSU World Café Conversation.
Conversation #1
Unpacking Meaningful Patient Engagement from Multiple Perspectives
December 10, 2025
A conversation exploring how different stakeholders define meaningful patient engagement, co-leadership, power dynamics, and moving beyond tokenism.
- Download the infographic
- Read the What We Heard summary
Conversation #2
Find and Seek: Matching Researchers and Lived Experience Partners
February 6, 2026
A conversation exploring relationship-based approaches to matching researchers and lived experience partners, reducing barriers, and strengthening engagement.
- Download the infographic
- Read the What We Heard summary
Conversation #3
Working Together to Navigate and Improve Compensation Practices
March 12, 2026
A conversation exploring equitable compensation practices, system barriers, and practical strategies to better recognize patient partner contributions.
- Download the infographic
- Read the What We Heard summary
Stay Connected
Additional OSSU World Café Conversations are being planned.
Future topics will continue to be informed by the community. Check back for upcoming conversation dates, conversation summaries, and supporting resources.