Co-designing research methods with community partners: benefits and challenges
October 07, 2022
Speaker
Dr. Allison Ezzat - Clinician Assistant Professor, UBC; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, La Trobe University
In health research co-design is the process of collaborating with end users to create, test, and refine resources that aim to improve engagement, satisfaction, and health outcomes. In this webinar, Dr. Allison Ezzat will share methods used to co-design two online toolkits housed on the Translating Research Evidence and Knowledge (TREK) platform: 1) Musculoskeletal Telehealth Toolkit, which sought to improve the knowledge and confidence of physiotherapists to provide care via telehealth, and 2) My Knee, an education and self-management toolkit for people with knee osteoarthritis. She will describe the formative research that directly contributed to the development of these toolkits, share her experience in managing challenges throughout the development process, and explain how the toolkits are currently being evaluated.
After this webinar, the audience will be able to:
- Outline the co-design methodology used to develop clinician and patient online toolkits
- Describe the benefits and challenges of co-designing online toolkits
- Appreciate examples of novel methodologies for evaluating co-designed online toolkits
Date/Time:
Friday, October 7, 2022 at 12 – 12:45 p.m. (PT)
Fireside chat — Meet the researcher
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Date/Time:
Friday, October 7, 2022 at 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. (PT)
Resources
Upcoming webinar
Dr. Shannon Freeman
Date
December 06, 2024
Aging well with open science: how a partnered approach to implementation can enhance equity and outcomes
In 2024, KT Connects is focusing on open science — the practice of making scientific inputs, outputs, and processes freely available to all with minimal restrictions. Learn more.
Webinar summary
Friday, December 6
12 – 1 p.m. PST
Can open science improve outcomes for older adults and caregivers in rural and northern communities?
The Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North (CTAAN) works to make AgeTech—technology designed to support older adults—more accessible to older adults, caregivers and health systems in these communities. CTAAN is part of AGE-WELL, a national network focused on improving aging through technology. The centre tests, pilots and promotes solutions specifically designed to meet the needs of these regions.
Join Dr. Shannon Freeman, academic director of CTAAN, where she will share how open science supports engaged research, where researchers work alongside older adults, communities and health systems partners to ensure that their needs are met.
Dr. Freeman will give practical examples from CTAAN, including real-life AgeTech solutions where open science use is improving outcomes for older adults and caregivers in rural and northern communities.
Learning objectives
After this webinar, the audience will be able to:
- Understand how open science supports collaboration between researchers and communities
- Recognize the principles of engaged research and its role in addressing community needs
- Identify strategies and examples of how open science can be integrated into research priorities
Speaker’s bio:
Dr. Shannon Freeman is an associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). She has expertise in the health and social care needs of older adults in rural and northern communities, including those living in the community and those living in long-term care. She led the way in developing UNBC’s Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North, an AGEWELL national innovation hub. The centre focuses on improving, implementing and evaluating technology to support older adults in rural and northern communities. Dr. Freeman is a Health Research BC 2020-2025 Scholar.