VCCC Alliance From Awareness to Action:
Building effective and sustainable relationships between researchers and consumers
This course is designed to help researchers transition from awareness to actionable steps in building effective and sustainable consumer relationships. By integrating consumer involvement into research practices, you’ll gain insights on how to ensure that consumers are actively engaged and their perspectives are integral to the research process.
This course will equip you with the skills and strategies needed to foster meaningful collaborations that enhance research quality and impact.
Course Overview
We've crafted four modules, each shining a spotlight on supporting researchers who are getting started or want to enhance their consumer involvement activities.
- Module 1: Foundations of consumer involvement
- Module 2: Effective and sustainable relationships
- Module 3: Finding the right consumer
- Module 4: Grant applications
As you progress through them, you'll discover how these knowledge and skills intertwine, much like pieces of a puzzle. By the end, you'll see firsthand how these blend and fuel effective and sustainable relationships between researchers and consumers.
What will I learn ?
Learning objectives:
- Examine the key elements for effective working relationships between researchers and consumers
- Distinguish between different levels of consumer involvement in research
- Share strategies for effective consumer involvement in research
- Identify areas where good practice in consumer engagement is most effectively applied
- Illustrate good practice with case studies of strong, collaborative relationships between researchers and consumers
Intended learning outcomes:
- Differentiate between the different levels of consumer involvement and identify where good practice consumer involvement occurs
- Develop and enhance strategies for effective consumer involvement in research
- Build and sustain effective working relationships between researchers and consumers
- Involve consumers in a research project
Who will I learn From?
Subject Matter Expert
Anne McKenzie AM, Health Consumer Advocate, The Kids Research Institute Australia
Expert Reference Group
Samantha Chandler, Health Consumer Advocate
Allison Ogden, Research Consumer Engagement, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Katya Grey, Consumer Program Manager, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Dr. Tessa Saunders, Research Fellow, Evaluation and Implementation Science Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Dr. Chiara Bortolasci, Clinical Trials Manager, Cancer Services Trials Unit, Barwon Health
Katie Arkell, Project Management Lead, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Dr. Tracy Leong, Director of Interventional Pulmonology, Austin Health; Lead Investigator, TRACKER Biobank, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Project Team (Education Development and Design)
Kyleigh Smith, Associate Director Education, VCCC Alliance
Dr. Joanne Britto, Senior Manager Consumer Involvement, VCCC Alliance
Grace Chan, Leadership Program Manager, VCCC Alliance
Alicia Mew, Senior e-Learning Designer, VCCC Alliance
VCCC Alliance Education Team
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