Patient and public involvement in health research
Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen
This is a specialised course. This means that 80% of the seats are reserved to PhD students enrolled at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH and 20% of the seats are reserved to PhD students from other Danish Universities/faculties (except CBS).
The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD Students from NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from NorDoc member faculties. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list.
Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
1. Identify whether a research project would benefit by patient and public involvement
2. Assess where and when to involve patient, relatives and other stakeholders in a research project
3. Gain knowledge of the different approaches to patient and public involvement in research
4. Explain the merits, challenges and opportunities of patient and public involvement in research
5. Obtain knowledge on how to incorporate, facilitate, conduct, report and disseminate patient and public involvement in the research project
6. Aquire understanding of the ethical aspects of patient and public involvement in research
7. Identify national and international network and working groups for patient and public involvement
8. Demonstrate how to design and incorporate patient and public involvement in own ph.d. project
Content
Patient and public involvement (PPI) in clinical research entails a process in which researchers invite patients, relatives, clinicians and other stakeholders to take part in research from design to dissemination. The course will introduce the concept of PPI, and provide basic knowledge and practical tools for involving patients and public in clinical research. The course will adopt a classroom approach with involvement of students and their research through discussions, debates, peer review and skill development. The students will be guided through central PPI topics as social values and impact of PPI for stakeholders and researchers, merits, challenges and barriers of PPI, approaches in designing and conducting PPI, ethical considerations and how to evaluate, report and disseminate PPI. To bridge the gap in understanding PPI in clinical research, worksessions will facilitate dialog among students in answering questions regarding how, who and when to conduct PPI. Finally, the students will present and discuss how they would incorporate PPI in their own research with reflection on relevant PPI considerations .
Participants
Ph.D student with a background in public health, nursing, and health and medical fields
Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:
All graduate programmes
Language
English
Form
Lectures, with workshops and poster presentations.
Course director
Bente Appel Esbensen, Professor, PhD, Rigshospitalet and Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen Bente.Appel.Esbensen@regionh.dk
Teachers
Bente Appel Esbensen, Professor, PhD, Rigshospitalet and Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Marie Oxenbøll Collet, Associate professor, PhD, Rigshospitalet and Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Karin Piil, Associate Professor, PhD, Rigshospitalet and Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Jonas Thorborg Stage, PhD, Postdoc, Cand. Scient.Soc.,PhD,Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Mette Schaufuss Engedal, PhD-studerende, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen
Maj-Brit Kjær, PhD-studerende, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen
Sara Marie Juel Nordentoft,Ph.d.-studerende, Rigshospitalet Afdeling for Hjerne- og Nervekirurgi
Ena Lindhart Thomsen Post Doc, Rigshospitalet Juliane Marie Centret, BørneUngeKlinikken.
Kirsten Back Pedersen, PhD-studerende, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen
Kasper Hansen, Konsulent ekstern
Dates
6 - 7 September 2027
Course location
Københavns Universitet, Mærsk Tårnet
Registration
Please register before 7 July 2027
Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.