Today’s training for Shared Learning Group on Involvement: an Introduction to Facilitating Consensus Decision-Making. We covered the fundamentals of purpose, process,planning & preparation, and explored facilitation skills and techniques for managing consensus conversations & challenges in practice.

Facilitation skills training with the involvement and engagement team Alzheimer's Research UK in Cambridge yesterday. A brilliant group bringing a wealth of experience and a strong commitment to providing good facilitation.

SAVE THE DATE! The HRB-TMRN, with MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership, is delivering a "Roadmap Workshop: A road trip for PPI with Trials Methodology Research" with Derek Stewart & Katherine Cowan. Expressions of Interests will open very soon. Email us at [email protected] for more info.

HRB-TMRN MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership Katherine Cowan PPI Ignite Network Ireland PPI Ignite Network @ University of Galway Declan Devane HealthResearchBoard @CRF_CORK HRB Clinical Research Galway UCD Clinical Research Centre University of Galway CMNHS Institute for Clinical Trials - Uni of Galway You can download the Roadmap here hrb-tmrn.ie/wp-content/upl… A short film is on its way.

New from Social Care Wales: Top 10 priorities for linked data research on adult social care in Wales insightcollective.socialcare.wales/whats-on/news-… Next steps = talking to orgs about sharing their data related to the 10 priority themes and working with researchers to turn the priorities into research Qs

What is Patient & Public Involvement with Trials Methodology Research? How can we involve patients & the public in trials methodology research? I'll be facilitating a workshop today with Derek Stewart HRB-TMRN MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership where we'll be exploring this involveddotblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/wha…

Katherine Cowan HRB-TMRN MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership Excited and delighted to know that Katherine Cowan is facilitating our workshop today. There will be more workshops, meetings and events to come in future. Keep an eye out with HRB-TMRN in collaboration with MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership

Katherine Cowan HRB-TMRN MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership Thank you to everyone who attended and those who helped. Such generosity of time, advice, ideas and encouragement for this community. Katherine Cowan HRB-TMRN

Today we are coordinating the #CongenitalHeartResearchNetwork Development Workshop. We will listen to experiences, discuss relevant points, and learn about the future of the network. #ClinicalResearch #Congenitalheartdisease #CHD BCCA

It’s a privilege to be facilitating this important event at the RSM The Royal Society of Medicine today! Building on the great work of James Lind Alliance Congenital Heart Disease Priority Setting Partnership Nigel Drury

Consultant Fetal Cardiologist, Anna Seale, shared her insights today on her work with the National Fetal Cardiology Working Group #CHD #CongenitalHeartResearchNetwork Anna Seale

From surgical innovations to population studies: Prof Massimo Caputo presented on research in congenital cardiac surgery, showcasing various studies. Prof Katherine Brown followed with insights on NCHDA and population-based research #CHD

"Nothing about us without us" Rajwant Kaur Singh, Children's Heart Federation Children's Heart Federation CEO highlighted why involving patients in research matters: opportunity to eliminate uncertainty is an option; all parents want their children to thrive and live their ultimate life #CHD

Delighted to hear Prof Gavin Murphy insights about challenges and opportunities a national #ResearchNetwork offers, from his own experiences in setting up the National Cardiac Surgery Initiative. Advocacy from members of the public is a key enabler: co-production is essential

Our afternoon session kicked off with a second round of insightful discussions on #JLAPriorities. Informed by your interests from the registration forms, we delved into current work and brainstormed potential ideas for development in this area. #CongenitalHeartResearchNetwork

Mr Nigel Drury, Academic Consultant in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, shared an overview of the #CongenitalHeartResearchNetwork. He discussed its inception, the goals, and future plans. We'd like to congratulate Mr. Drury for his excellent work with the network and this event👏

Finally, we'd like to extend our sincere thanks to The Royal Society of Medicine for their wonderful hospitality in hosting us. And a special thank you to Katherine Cowan, whose exceptional organisation was instrumental for the success. What a brilliant event! #CongenitalHeartResearchNetwork

The JLA James Lind Alliance is recruiting Advisers. It's a fantastic and rewarding role, and a great opportunity for independent facilitators with an interest in supporting patient/clinician partnerships. Apply here: jla.nihr.ac.uk/news/jla-now-r…

Just published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease: Top 10 consumer and healthcare professional priorities for research in the field of quality use of medicines in people living with #dementia journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… Great work Emily Reeve Nagham J Ailabouni James Lind Alliance

💡New free course! We’ve developed a self-paced course to help the public better understand randomised trials – how they work, why they matter, and their role in advancing healthcare. Start here 👉 tinyurl.com/Randomised-tri… HRB-TMRN HealthResearchBoard