What should I bear in mind?
When involving people with a lung disease as discussion partners in your research, there are several things you can take into account. We've listed them below. If you have any questions: Longfonds is happy to help you with this.
- Training: Not enough knowledge about effective patient participation can get in the way of cooperation between you and the experiential expert. You can prevent this by following a training course.
- Time planning: Finding a suitable experiential expert takes time. Therefore, submit requests well in advance. It is wise to invite more than one patient, as a patient may at the last minute be unable to attend due to their illness.
- Appreciation: Patient participation entails at least an expense allowance for the participating experiential experts. But also think of gift vouchers as a thank you for their time. Do not forget to factor these costs into the budget.
- Discussing expectations: It is important to discuss the expectations of the collaboration between you and the experiential expert in advance. This prevents disappointments.
- Feedback on results: Experiential experts like to see the results of their input during and after the research. So make sure you give them feedback about this. Experiential experts feel more valued as a result and are more willing to help you again in the future.
These conditions are based on the article by de Wit et al. (2016)