Evaluating the impacts of patient engagement on a national health research network: results of a case study of the Chronic Pain Network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Chronic Pain Network (CPN) is a pan-Canadian research network focused on innovating and improving the quality and delivery of pain prevention, assessment, management and research for all Canadians. An important focus of the CPN is to work in collaboration with patient partners. Patient partners, researchers and clinicians work together in all aspects of the research network including on funded research projects and in the governance of the Network. Given this focus, the CPN identified the importance of evaluating their patient engagement work to understand its functioning and impact.

Methods

The objective of this exploratory evaluation case study was to understand the impacts of patient engagement on the CPN. The CPN worked with an external evaluation team whi

SUBMITTER: Tripp L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10466858 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature