Resources for Professionals and Researchers

General Guidance

Training & Support

Drop-In Sessions:
PPI Leads at the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust run virtual drop-in sessions to help staff embed PPI throughout their research projects. The next session will be held on Wednesday 19 March, 10:30-12:30 (three slots available). To book your slot please email: ppi@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

PPI Lunchtime Talks

Cochrane Training International PPI Network:
Learning Live webinar series.

Guidance for...

Payment:
This guidance (published April 2021) provides information for researchers who need to cost public involvement activities at any stage of the research process.

Capturing Impact of Public Involvement:
People in Health in West of England produced a PPI impact log to capture the impacts of PPIE in research. 

Reporting Public Involvement:
GRIPP2 reporting checklists: tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research (BMJ 2017; 358: j3453).

Useful Tools

BAME Toolkit:
This toolkit, developed by our colleagues in ARC East Midlands, captures best practice and provides researchers with a framework on how to improve the participation of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups in research.

The Get-It Glossary:
An online glossary of health research terms defined in plain English.

NIHR Glossary:
An online glossary of definitions of some of the more specialised language and acronyms used in the health research sector.

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