Table 2 Outline of the Cancer Council NSW Consumer Review of Research Training Program
From: From inclusion to independence – Training consumers to review research
Day 1 | Day 2 |
|---|---|
Introductions and Welcome | Welcome to day 2 |
Setting the Scene | About the Consumer Review Panel (the panel of trained consumers who will review and prioritise CCNSW research funding applications against established criteria) |
• About the Cancer Council NSW | • Purpose of the consumer panel |
• Cancer research in Australia | • Role of panel members |
• Background to consumer involvement in research at the Cancer Council NSW | • Role of the Chairperson |
• Operating guidelines and protocols for the panel | |
• Questions/views/training improvement ideas | |
Overview of Training – expected outcomes, ground rules, evaluation. | Research review |
• Consumer Review Criteria (development and use) | |
• Questions/views/training improvement ideas | |
Definition and Scope of Health and Medical Research (for the purposes of the training) | |
Current Research Funding and Review Processes | Testing the System (practicing research review) |
• National Health and Medical Research Council | • Review example research funding applications |
• Cancer Council NSW (including types of research funded by CCNSW) | • Individually apply the consumer review criteria (identified from recent research on important aspects the NSW public feel are important when judging the value of research) to each application |
• Definition and importance of ethical approval and scientific merit review | • General discussion and debate |
• Questions/views/training improvement ideas | • Determine a (panel agreed) ranked order of applications for funding |
• Debrief on the process, experience, problems encountered etc | |
• Questions/views/training improvement ideas throughout the practice session | |
Overview of Research Disciplines (and importance of each for cancer control) | Next steps and other research involvement opportunities (with the Cancer Council NSW) |
Basic Research | Summary of day 2 Questions/views/training improvement ideas |
Epidemiological Research | |
Clinical Research | |
Behavioural and Psychosocial Research | |
Cancer Screening Research | |
Health Services Research | |
Summary of day 1 Questions/views/training improvement ideas |