Description: Are you on a research team that includes patients as partners? Understanding the concept of the ‘power dynamic’ or ‘power imbalance’ on research teams is essential to successful collaboration. In this webinar, you will hear from patient partners and facilitators of patient engagement in research to learn how they have navigated power dynamics on research teams. The conversation will explore four areas of power, how to identify these themes on your team, and ways to mitigate or minimize power imbalances. Applying these lessons to your own research will help you collaborate more effectively with your co-researchers and achieve better research outcomes.
By attending this webinar you will be able to:
- Understand four themes related to power on research teams
- Identify what these themes can look like on research teams
- Equip yourself with strategies to mitigate these power imbalances.
Speakers:
Therese Lane brings her lived experiences to different areas of research and healthcare. Living with pain and arthritis since her mid-teens, she is a volunteer on the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance Steering Committee and is involved in CreakyJoints’ Canada-based efforts. She is a patient partner with different research projects and initiatives including CIHR’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research funded Chronic Pain Network and provides her lived perspectives on the Canadian Pain Society’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Her experiences of living with pain and arthritis have led to her helping others understand and see how pain treatment is not always reaching the people who need it most. Her own past history of active addiction and untreated mental health issues have made her all too aware of the stigma, judgment, and barriers faced by those who wish to access appropriate treatment for pain. Therese brings her perspectives to the table in hopes of helping others.
Dawn Richards, PhD, lives with rheumatoid arthritis. At Five02 Labs Inc., her work combines her analytical chemistry training and her passion to ensure patients, their caregivers and family members inform research and healthcare. She helps people and organizations design and execute their patient engagement initiatives using leading practices and tailoring their approaches to meet their goals and patient partners’ needs. She has contributed to the literature and practice in patient engagement on compensation, authorship, power, recognizing patients as people with skills and who lead fulfilling lives, and training on patient engagement in research. Some current clients include Clinical Trials Ontario, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institutes of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis and of Infection and Immunity, the University Health Network (Toronto), and the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (University of Ottawa).