Evaluating the Impacts of Patient Engagement on Health Services Research Teams: Lessons from the Veteran Consulting Network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite increasing commitment to patient engagement in research, evaluation of the impact of these efforts on research processes, products, and teams is limited.

Objective

To explore the impacts of engaging patients as consultants to research studies by examining the experiences, impacts, and lessons learned from a program facilitating patient engagement at a Veterans Health Administration research center.

Design

We developed a logic model to articulate the activities being implemented to support patient engagement and their anticipated outcomes. Then, we conducted qualitative, semi-structured interviews with participants in the local Veteran Consulting Network to qualitatively explore these outcomes.

Participants

Twelve researchers and eleven Vetera

SUBMITTER: Merker VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8993982 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature