New Patient Engagement in Primary Health Care Research online training program launched

On behalf of our team, I am pleased to announce that the Patient-Oriented Research Training and Learning – Primary Health Care (PORTL-PHC) program is now online!

PORTL-PHC is designed to meet the learning needs of stakeholders (patients, researchers, clinicians, and decision-makers) who are interested in engaging in, or using, patient-oriented primary health care research.

The training program is free, online, and self-directed.  It includes four inter-linked modules: 1) Patient Priorities and Patient Engagement in Primary Health Care; 2) Methods and Examples of Patient Engagement in Primary Health Care Research; 3) Skills Development in Patient Engagement and Patient-Oriented Research; 4) Applying Patient-Oriented Research in the Learner’s Own Context.

Learners who complete the training will receive a certificate acknowledging their participation in the program. 

PORTL-PHC is an Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit-funded initiative and was developed with the support of INSPIRE-PHC, CRaNHR and the Patient Engagement Resource Centre.  The PORTL-PHC training program is hosted on the OWL online platform housed at Western.

If you wish to take part in the program, please sign-up by contacting Rob Van Hoorn, Program Coordinator for PORTL-PHC at rvanhoo@uwo.ca to get started.

We also ask that you share this information with those who may be interested in the PORTL-PHC program. 

 

Amanda Terry