We currently run one introductory online course about consumer involvement in health and medical research and one in-depth face-to-face course.

Both courses are suitable for community and consumer representatives as well as researchers.

Participants of the in-depth course should have completed the introductory online course first.

Our joint researcher and health consumer courses foster in-depth understanding and practical skills on the ‘how and why’ of implementing consumer involvement in research.

CCI101 – Introduction to Consumer Involvement in Health Research

Who is this course for?

This course was developed in partnership with Sydney Health Partners. This introductory course is designed for consumers, researchers, and clinicians who have little or no experience partnering in health research and want to learn more.

How does it work?

This course is divided into three (3) short online modules:

1. Why involve consumers in health research?
2. What does consumer involvement in health research look like?
3. Stages of consumer involvement in health research

By the end of this course, you will have a basic understanding of the why, what and how of consumer involvement in health research including:

• the rationale for consumer involvement in health research; and
• different ways that health consumers can be involved in health research

What do I need?

This course is delivered online and will take between 1-2 hours to complete.

CCI201 – Who, How and What of Consumer and Community Involvement

Provides participants with an in-depth understanding and practical skills on the ‘how and why’ of implementing consumer involvement in research. Currently only run on demand for bigger groups from one organisation.

Who is this course for?

We currently only bring our face-to-face training course to you! If you are an organisation and have a group of 10-30 researchers and community representatives to be trained, contact us. Please note, that completion of CCI101 is a pre-requisite for this course.

How does it work?

This course provides tailored training to research organisations to create shared conversations and meanings between consumers and researchers. Participants will gain an understanding and practical skills on the ‘how and why’ of implementing consumer involvement in research.

Workshop learning outcomes for participating consumers and researchers are:

1. Recognition of specific opportunities for consumer involvement across examples of research study types.
2. Practical solutions to enabling meaningful and sustained consumer involvement.
3. Awareness of the range of resources/tools available to support collaborative activities and how they could be applied in practice.

Our training comes as a standard package, and our trainers will tailor the content depending on the group’s learning needs.

If you require specific customisation, there will be an additional service fee, which we are happy to discuss with you.

Travel and accommodation expenses will be added to your invoice for training outside of the Greater Sydney area.

Duration of the course: 4 hours.