Ideally, Annette would like to see patient engagement evolve from a community to a movement with real influence.
Transcript
Well you know we did a think-tank in early February, the Executive, and we see like in the next two years as we complete our five-year mandate, we’re looking at okay where do we need to get to in terms of patient engagement and building a community of patient-oriented researchers that’s value-added. So we’re really seeing – we’re looking at where the gaps are to really get to where we want to be at the end of five years. And then we’re thinking beyond that, in terms of sustainability, if we want to continue this network, what would be the next steps? And really we kind of see this as we’re functioning as great research teams using patient-oriented research, starting to build a community of patient-oriented researchers, but we want to move from a community into a movement that really has influence. And so it’s this idea of like this trickle effect that has more impact in terms of – that more people come onboard to the patient-oriented research approach and understanding where patient engagement is and how to do it, what the tools are and the methods that help promote effective engagement that’s beneficial to all involved. But also to have more impact at more at the policy level and making sure that the researcher we’re developing really is taken up and used so it’s the KT aspect of it. You know you have these great products that will have following the research that we want to make sure is mobilised. You know that’s part of that movement. [Laughter]
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