Resources to support involvement and engagement

There are many organisations that arrange training and publish resources in public involvement and engagement.  Your host university might organise their own training courses, so make sure to look for it on your intranet.  Additionally, the NIHR HPRU EZI will provide training in the field, if you have any specific needs or ideas for training, please contact the PPIE lead at ashleigh.cheyne@ndm.ox.ac.uk.

Below is a library of various helpful guides, links, tools and articles to support patient and public involvement and public engagement. Further training and resources on specific topics can be found through the links below:

• Resources for Public Contributors
• Diversity in public involvement and engagement

What is PPIE

• Introduction to PPIE from the NIHR
• UK Standards for Public Involvement
• Patient involvement toolkit for researchers

Involvement resources

Finding public contributors

• You may find public contributors through relevant charities or community organisations aimed at the community of interest for your project
• People in Research (similar to a jobs board but for PPIE opportunities)
• Role descriptions for public contributors

Reimbursement of public contributors

• Payment and recognition for public involvement

Ethics

• Ethical Dimensions of Community Engagement and
• Do you need ethics for PPIE?

Evaluating patient and public involvement

• It is important to determine which methods are relevant for your PPI activity
• An overview of evaluation methods for public involvement in research
• GRIPP2 form
• PiiAF form
• PIRIT
• The Cube
• Involvement Matrix
• Evaluating online engagement
• Patient Engagement Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
• Tools to improve reporting on patient and public involvement in research

Publishing PPIE

• Research Involvement and Engagement Journal

 

Field-specific resources

Lab-based

• A practical guide to patient and public involvement in lab-based research

Virtual PPIE

• Conducting PPI virtually

Global community engagement and involvement

• An Introduction and Practical Guide to Community Engagement and Involvement in Global Health Research

 

 

Engagement resources

Planning an engagement activity

• Focusing on your audience
• Logic model
• Working on a budget and funding for engagement
• Finding the right format
• Quality engagement

Media

• Talking Science: An Introduction to Science Communication
• Plain English Summaries and readability checker
• Engaging the public through social media
• Virtual Patient and Public Involvement:A guide to video calling

Finding engagement opportunities

• STEM ambassadors
• British Science Association
• UK Science Festivals Network

Engagement case studies

• Action catalogue
• Pop Up Science
• Lifeology
• European Science Engagement Platform
• NCCPE case studies