BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: New and some experience in patient-oriented research Patient-Oriented Research Training & Learning – Primary Health Care (PORTL-PHC) is a self-directed, online training program designed to meet the learning needs of stakeholders who are interested in engaging in, or…
OSSU’s Patient Partners Working Group is hosting it’s third webinar, with the Fall 2019 edition covering “Equity and Diversity in patient partnered research”. This webinar is open to anyone interested in patient partnered research whether you’re a patient, caregiver, family…
English and French versions of OSSU’s Summer 2019 newsletter (Issue 17) can be found by clicking on the links below: OSSU Update – Summer 2019 Mise À Jour De l’USSO – été 2019
Like threads in woven fabric, patient engagement is becoming firmly entrenched at The Ottawa Hospital. “It is becoming part of the hospital’s DNA,” says Dean Fergusson, head of the Ottawa Methods Centre, OSSU’s Scientific co-Lead and a key advocate for…
An OR Black Box® to improve surgical outcomes, a patient navigator for Francophones and a matchmaking service for researchers and patient partners show that Ottawa is ’walking the talk’ in patient partnership in research. Home to two OSSU Research Centres…
A matchmaker between researchers and community members is how Michelle Quinlan describes her role at CHEO. Since November 2017, Michelle has been the inaugural Research Family Leader Program Co-ordinator, a position created by the Ontario Child Health Support Unit (OCHSU),…
An innovative project that brings aviation expertise to the operating room engaged patients from start to finish to ensure success. Just like on airplanes, The Ottawa Hospital now has a “black box” in a surgical operating room that records conversations,…
Simone Dahrouge, from the Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa, is the primary investigator on an OSSU IMPACT Award investigating how patient navigators may help Franco-Ontarians access community services and achieve their health goals. Simone spoke to us about the value…
How can researchers ensure that a clinical trial will be successful? Embedding people with lived experience in the trial design may be the roadmap to follow. “Taking a new discovery from bench-to-bedside is extremely challenging and most early or first-in-human…
The OSSU Patient Partners Working Group held their Summer 2019 Webinar at the end of June. In this webinar, covering the topic of communication in patient partnered research, a collective of researcher, partner with lived experience and health professional discussed…