We were joined by three speakers who shared their own PPIE reflections on how we can collectively advance PPIE as an integral component of our research and teaching at Manchester.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speakers:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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- Prof. Neil Humphrey<\/i><\/b>,<\/b><\/a> Sarah Fielden Chair in Psychology of Education and Associate Dean: Research (Faculty of Humanities). <\/b>Neil presented #BeeWell, a youth wellbeing programme that combines academic expertise with youth-led change. Alongside the Youth Steering Group, findings from the programme\u2019s annual co-created survey drives local initiatives and projects to improve young people\u2019s wellbeing. Initially rolled out across secondary schools in Greater Manchester, the survey has recently extended to Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South Hampton, with the aim for the initiative to be implemented nationally.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Harsha Parmar<\/i><\/b>,<\/b>\u202fSenior Lecturer in the Division of Pharmacy and Optometry and Co-Lead for the Master of Pharmacy Prescribing Curriculum <\/b>and Sarah Knighton<\/i><\/b>, Pharmacist and Clinical Lecturer in the Division of Pharmacy. <\/b>Harsha and Sarah presented on the development of pharmacy student led health clinics, a service-learning initiative. Service learning allows students to develop their practical skills by providing beneficial services to the local community. Harsha and Sarah spoke on their experience of setting up the project from its foundation, the service user experience and student feedback and the scope for future projects.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Pat Walkington, public contributor. <\/b>Pat has been a public contributor for many years, with expertise in the teaching, learning and training in Further and Higher Education as well as managing frontline services. Currently involved with the Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester, Health Innovation Manchester, and the Manchester Academy for Healthcare Scientist Education, Pat discussed her own PPIE journey and her perspective of how PPIE has changed since she began.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This year\u2019s group activity was led by Dame Robina Shah, Director of the Doubleday Centre for Patient Experience<\/a>, and Mike Southworth<\/a>, public contributor. Attendees explored the importance of patient partnerships in training the next generation of healthcare professionals and how we can integrate this as an essential component of teaching at Manchester.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The event also featured the Faculty\u2019s \u2018Outstanding Contribution to PPIE\u2019 awards<\/a> which recognise the inspirational and outstanding commitment to PPIE that has made a positive difference to our community. This year we had an astounding 21 awardees.\u00a0<\/p>\n
PPIE Award winners and highly commended recipients.<\/b>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Newcomer category\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highly commended \u2013 Anam Bhutta (staff)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Anam is a true involvement advocate, having been involved in several research projects, within the Mental Health theme that aim to improve the health of the population and the quality\/sustainability of the Health & Social care they receive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Adam Haque (staff)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Adam collaborated with the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and Vocal to establish a Cardiovascular PPIE Research Group.\u202fThe group consists of nearly 30 patients, who between them represent the whole spectrum of cardiovascular pathologies\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Grace Gregory (student)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Grace is a final-year PhD student who created a dedicated blogsite for members of the Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) community, which is\u202fa rare debilitating disease causing the formation of countless brain tumours that lead to deafness, blindness and paralysis.\u202fThe blogsite provides a safe online space and now has over 60 posts and 3500 views.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Public Engagement category\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highly commended \u2013 Rochdale Health Seminars\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
A group of doctors, representatives and community workers\u202fwho worked together to design, develop and deliver culturally sensitive health education events in Deeplish Community Centre in Rochdale.\u202fThe sessions aim to combat ethnic health disparities amongst the South Asian population.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highly commended \u2013 Cloudy with a Chance of Pain\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
This project investigated how long-term pain conditions are affected by the weather.\u202fUsing innovative and creative methods, the team recruited 13,000 members of the public people to record their pain levels on a smartphone app over 15 months.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Museum of Medicine and Health\u00a0<\/p>\n
The museum aims to broaden access to the collection of historical medical artefacts, spanning 200 years of healthcare, research and medical education.\u202fThe heritage officer, volunteers and academic lead demonstrate an exceptional dedication to public engagement by\u202ffostering research opportunities, enriching the student experience, and encouraging the use and understanding of the collections by diverse audiences.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Inclusivity category\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highly commended \u2013 Gene app team (staff)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
The team co-designed the \u2018Gene\u2019 app to address the lack of access to culturally sensitive genetic information,\u202fleading to a significant unmet need within South Asian Pakistani communities in the UK.\u202f\u202fThe app provides videos and animations in both English and Urdu in an engaging and accessible way.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Stevie Shoop-Worrall, staff winner of the Inclusivity award.<\/p><\/div>\n
Winner \u2013 Stevie Shoop-Worrall (staff)<\/em><\/p>\n
Stevie\u2019s research looks to bridge the gap between child and adult care of psoriatic arthritis, which currently have different treatments.\u202fShe has involved children, young people and adults with psoriatic arthritis, as well as families and carers in developing and the ongoing managing of this project.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highly commended \u2013 RAPID-RT team (mix)<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n
The RAPID- RT are pioneering innovative and inclusive methods to assess the impact of changes in cancer treatments on patient outcomes using routinely collected data.\u202f\u202fOver 500 patients with lung cancer have been included within 12 months, showcasing the impact of engagement work\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Parkinson\u2019s from Inside Out (Ellen Poliakoff and Matthew Sullivan) (mix)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Ellen, a member of staff and Matthew, a public contributor, have led various projects together with a PPI leading thread for more than 10 years.\u202fTheir collaboration and research serve as a great source of inspiration, having resulted in a scientific publication that inspired many to follow the true PPI in their research.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Individual category<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Sheena Cruickshank and Ardwick residents (staff)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Sheena leads on a participatory research project in partnership with Ardwick residents to investigate concerns about air quality.\u202fThrough consultation workshops and participatory mapping exercises, this work has led to the development of a green route launched in April to a positive reception.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Phil Macdonald (staff)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Phil has been involving public contributors for 10 years. He recognises that they are essential in teaching healthcare scientists\u202fand offers public members the freedom, support and encouragement to ensure their involvement is effective, ensuring that they feel valued.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highly commended \u2013 Marie McDevitt (public contributor)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Marie provides unique insight and service user expertise to research activities and has a strong personal commitment to medical research and public service values. She is a great advocate for mental health research and a member of several PPIE groups.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Edith Brown (public contributor)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Edith is a long-term patient partner who has worked with the Raynaud\u2019s and Scleroderma Research group on several studies. She is recognised nationally and internationally for their advocacy work and expertise.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Group category\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highly commended – <\/b>ClinPsyD Community Liaison Group\u202f<\/b>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
A group of public contributors that provide a consistent service user and carer voice, integral to the structure and delivery of the Clinical Psychology Doctorate course. They ensure those with lived experience of mental health services, and those that care for them, provide meaningful input into the training of clinical psychologists.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Clinical Data Science Programme Team, highly commended in the group category.<\/p><\/div>\n
Highly commended – Clinical Data Science Programme team\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
The team empowers healthcare professionals to apply Data Science in practice for patient benefit, applying co-design\/creation\/production throughout the design and delivery of the programme.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 STAND Indonesia\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
STAND Indonesia aims to increase access to psychological interventions for anxiety and depression in Indonesia.\u202fThey have worked with people with lived experience to co-adapt and co-deliver a low-intensity psychological intervention training programme for primary care workforces in Indonesia.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Special bicentenary category\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Peter and Julie Mohr (p<\/em>ublic contributors)<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Peter and Julie have given their time and commitment to the Faculty\u2019s Museum of Medicine and Health since 2002.\u202fThey are retiring from their voluntary work at the end of bicentenary year, having countless contributions such as\u202forganizing and conserving the vast collection of items and publishing research papers to ensure that the museum serves as a rich educational resource for everyone.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Sheena Cruickshank (staff)<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sheena is the University\u2019s first and only Academic Lead for Public Engagement with Research at the University,\u202foverseeing the development, implementation and monitoring of an institutional framework for public engagement in parallel with other key university-wide strategies.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Voices of Our NHS (group)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Voices of Our NHS is a new national lived experiences collection, documenting the 75+ year history of the NHS through the voices of patients, staff and communities.\u202fIt is now a permanent public resource at the British Library to inform policy and practice now and in the\u202ffuture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winner \u2013 Robina Shah and The Doubleday Centre for Patient Experience (group)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
The Doubleday Centre was founded with a visionary aim to integrate patient partnerships directly into medical education. The Centre\u2019s unique patient and public involvement model has transformed how future healthcare professionals are trained.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Read more about previous PPIE award winners on our\u202f<\/i>blog site<\/i><\/a>\u202fand\u202f<\/i>2023 PPIE Award winners booklet<\/i><\/a>.\u202f<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Social Responsibility Public Engagement Digest<\/span>: https:\/\/www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk\/connect\/social-responsibility\/contact\/<\/a><\/p>\n
The Faculty Website<\/span>: https:\/\/www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk\/connect\/social-responsibility\/public-patients\/<\/a><\/p>\n
- Pat Walkington, public contributor. <\/b>Pat has been a public contributor for many years, with expertise in the teaching, learning and training in Further and Higher Education as well as managing frontline services. Currently involved with the Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester, Health Innovation Manchester, and the Manchester Academy for Healthcare Scientist Education, Pat discussed her own PPIE journey and her perspective of how PPIE has changed since she began.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Harsha Parmar<\/i><\/b>,<\/b>\u202fSenior Lecturer in the Division of Pharmacy and Optometry and Co-Lead for the Master of Pharmacy Prescribing Curriculum <\/b>and Sarah Knighton<\/i><\/b>, Pharmacist and Clinical Lecturer in the Division of Pharmacy. <\/b>Harsha and Sarah presented on the development of pharmacy student led health clinics, a service-learning initiative. Service learning allows students to develop their practical skills by providing beneficial services to the local community. Harsha and Sarah spoke on their experience of setting up the project from its foundation, the service user experience and student feedback and the scope for future projects.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n