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Patient and Public Involvement

Recruiting and working with contributors

Recruiting members of the public

Some of the ways you can find PPI contributors to support your research:

Post an opportunity to the OBRC public mailing list – your opportunity will go to 300+ members of the public on a Friday and will be listed here

Patient and public groups

For more information: Recruiting patients and the public — University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Division

Involving people from under-served communities

Post an opportunity through the NIHR’s national website: People in Research

Guidance documents

  • PPI guidance 1: Key points for researchers when working with PPI contributors (PDF link)
  • PPI guidance 2: Recruiting PPI contributors from clinics (PDF link)
  • PPI guidance 3: Recruiting PPI contributors (general) (PDF link)

Funding for patient and public involvement

For grant application funding allocation of £300 per project, please contact Rachel Taylor.

FOR PATIENTS AND THE PUBLIC → Post an opportunity for patient and public involvement
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