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Table 2 Content structure of Discovery Group

From: A feasibility evaluation of Discovery Group: determining the acceptability and potential outcomes of a patient-led research group in a secure mental health inpatient setting

Programme structure

Example of session plan (Week 2)

Session

Session focus

Summarise previous sessions

Thoughts or questions

Review actions from the previous session

Introduction to research cycle

Introduction to research ethics

Consider dissemination plan

Identify research question

Consider accessible data sources

Thoughts or questions

Agree actions

1

Identifying the overall research topic

2

Introduction to research cycle/Refine research question

3

Confirm objectives and develop methodology

4

Data collection

5

Data collection/analysis

6

Data collection/analysis

7

Data analysis/Data interpretation

8

Data interpretation