Table 1 Involving patients in research is mutually beneficial for both scientists and patients
From: Involving patients in healthcare research is well documented but can it work in lab-based research?
Benefits of patient involvement in research | |
|---|---|
Benefits for researchers | Benefits for patients |
Re-energised motivation for your work with a reminder of why we do this research | Discussing their experience with people who understand exactly what they are going through; if working with a group of participants |
Research is focused on the unmet need(s) of patients | The knowledge that work is underway to tackle this cancer |
A greater understanding of the lived experience | Opportunity to understand how cancer research works and how treatments are tested |
Questions you may never have considered or thought of can be incorporated | Opportunity to ask questions about cancer research |
Thankful for researchers sincere interest in capturing patients voices | |