UK Standards for Public Involvement one-hour training package

Format: The course involves watching a video and completing an accompanying workbook which can be downloaded and printed or completed online.

Course outline: 

The course is aimed at: public involvement leads*, the research community, researchers, health and allied health and social care professionals and members of the public involvement community**.

The video includes an overview of the development of the UK Standards for Public Involvement, an in-depth look at the individual standards and their application in the real world.

The workbook is based on the UK Standards for Public Involvement. You can use the workbook as an individual or in a group to apply the Standards to your research project, public involvement group or strategy.

You will receive a certificate once you complete the feedback form provided as a link in the workbook.

* Public involvement leads, the research community, researchers, health and allied health and social care professionals, this course will help you understand how to use the standards to assess your plans and activities for public involvement and identify how to improve

** members of the public involvement community this course will help you to use the standards to assess the strengths and weaknesses of your experience of involvement in research.

Learning outcomes:

• Know how to use the standards as a framework to reflect on and plan your activities
• Understand how to plan and improve the quality and consistency of public involvement in your organisations and research projects
• Be able to use the standards when reflecting on own experience of involvement as a member of the public
• To receive direction to further resources for information, use and reference

Before you complete the training download the workbook