Patient-oriented research (POR) recognizes that patients have lived experience of their health condition(s) and the health care system. POR values this knowledge and engages patients as partners, connecting them with health care providers, decision-makers and others, to conduct research that is relevant and applicable to improve health care.
When research findings are more relevant, they are more likely to be implemented, an more quickly, in our health system and lead to improved patient outcomes.
A patient is any person with lived or living experience relevant to the research topic, project, or committee, or their informal caregivers such as family or friends. This includes any person with experience of a health condition or receiving health care, but also includes people with lived experience of being a member of an equity deserving group or community.
At the MSSU, we refer to individuals on MSSU research teams and governance committees as Patient/Public Partners and it is intended to be inclusive of all people with lived and living experience, their family members, and caregivers.
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