PP0436 - Building on Public Involvement and Co-Production in Research

You will learn through a lecture and enquiry-based approach using seminars, interactive learning and eLearning resources. You will be introduced to core research principles and practices through lectures. You will then have the opportunity in seminars to explore key concepts and practical issues associated with research and PPI engagement. For example, possible ethical dilemmas and conflicting safeguarding issues in research. There will be a series of opportunities for formative assessment and discussion throughout the delivery of the module. This will entail feedback on drafts of work which is designed to support you in the creation of the final summative assessment, a portfolio of work in your chosen area of interest.

Module lecturers and seminar leaders will support your development through lectures, seminar groups and individual tutorials. Formative assessment tasks will aid preparation for the summative assignment and help identify your strengths and also any aspects which require development. Contact details for all tutors for this module are available in the module handbook and via the eLP. Importantly the module and handbook has been co-produced with people with lived experience who were students from the first module. The module has been designed to give you confidence to engage fulling in the work on a week-to-week basis. You will also be able to share ideas with peers on the discussion board on the University’s eLearning Portal (Blackboard) and on other social media platforms.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
1. In collaboration with your academic tutor, identify a research project that addresses issues relevant to your personal interests, develop an understanding of the design and structure of delivering such a research project, including methodologies.
2. Understand the role of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in your proposed research project.
Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
3. Understand the various PPI roles, the skills they require and how they differ.
4. Develop skills to share lived experiences and articulate them constructively and contextually.
5. Develop research and project management skills.
6. Develop skills to support the development of research questions from the identification of a problem or gap.
Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
7. Recognise personal development as a researcher and the influence of personal experience.
8. Be able to consider and explore ethical issues around research.

Summative assessment – portfolio:
The summative assessment for the module will be the submission of a portfolio of three separate pieces of work that link to a single research project of your choosing. This module offers 40 credit points/level 4, a 40% pass mark. See details below:
1. Write a plain English summary of a conceptual research project.
(MLO: 1, 2, 5, 6)
2. Plan and summarise a research PPI meeting/event. This could be organising and holding a meeting with agenda, activity, and sharing meeting minutes and outputs (observed or videoed), or it could be written piece describing the process.
(MLO: 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7)
3. Develop a PPI plan for the life span of a research project from conception to dissemination, describing the different PPI roles at various stages and the influence they have upon the shaping the project. Also describing the skills required for each role.
(LO: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8)
Formative assessment
Formative discussion around the assessment will be available throughout the module through module mentor and module tutor. This will include an opportunity for discussion around draft work within groups.

The students will have to do PP0435 before this module in order to gain their 60-credit award.

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This module supports you to explore the theory and practice behind the increasing involvement of the public in the co-production of research and all the surrounding process and roles that support it. Building on the module (PP0435) that introduced you to this area we will encourage you to explore and expand on what you have already learnt. This includes the research culture around funding, ethics and the application of research findings. Throughout this module we value your lived experience and its application to how to understand and develop better research. This includes the promotion of marginalised groups, improving services and increasing inclusive practice. We want you to have the knowledge, skills and confidence to play a significant and meaningful role in future research. It is important to note that the module was conceived, and its content developed by people with lived experience. Finally one of the main aims of the module is presenting you with opportunities to be involved locally in future research opportunities.