RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The PCORI Engagement Rubric: Promising Practices for Partnering in Research
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 165
OP 170
DO 10.1370/afm.2042
VO 15
IS 2
A1 Sheridan, Susan
A1 Schrandt, Suzanne
A1 Forsythe, Laura
A1 Hilliard, Tandrea S.
A1 Paez, Kathryn A.
YR 2017
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/2/165.abstract
AB PURPOSE Engaging patients, caregivers, and other health care stakeholders as partners in planning, conducting, and disseminating research is a promising way to improve clinical decision making and outcomes. Many researchers, patients, and other stakeholders, however, lack clarity about when and how to engage as partners within the clinical research process. To address the need for guidance on creating meaningful stakeholder partnerships in patient-centered clinical comparative effectiveness research, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) developed the PCORI Engagement Rubric (Rubric).METHODS PCORI developed the Rubric drawing from a synthesis of the literature, a qualitative study with patients, a targeted review of engagement plans from PCORI-funded project applications, and a moderated discussion and review with PCORI’s Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement.RESULTS The Rubric provides a framework for operationalizing engagement to incorporate patients and other stakeholders in all phases of research. It includes: principles of engagement; definitions of stakeholder types; key considerations for planning, conducting, and disseminating engaged research; potential engagement activities; and examples of promising practices from PCORI-funded projects.CONCLUSIONS PCORI designed the Rubric to illustrate opportunities for engagement to researchers interested in applying for PCORI funding and to patients and other stakeholders interested in greater involvement in research. By encouraging PCORI applicants, awardees, and others to apply the rubric, PCORI hopes to shift the research paradigm from one of conducting research on patients as subjects to a pursuit carried out in collaboration with patients and other stakeholders to better reflect the values, preferences, and outcomes that matter to the patient community.