Enhancing the Quality of Health and Social Care Research with PPIE

ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE RESEARCH WITH PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (PPIE)

Virtual Pre-Conference Workshop Conducted by the Institute for Research and Development in Health and Social Care (IRD) in collaboration with General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU)

This virtual pre conference was organized by the Institute for Research and Development in Health and Social Care (IRD) together with General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. It is part of an ongoing project conduct by IRD in collaboration with Keele University, Kings College London, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and funded by the Medical Research Council UK, to address the importance in “Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement” (PPIE). This report contains a summary of the pre-conference held on 28th August 2021 from 2.00 pm onwards via online Zoom platform.
In order to advance towards the quality of research with respect to “Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement” within Sri Lanka, several conferences, training sessions were carried out by the IRD continuously with Prof. Athula Sumathipala’s guidance. Overall objective of the pre-conference was to address the importance, and to share the expert knowledge to enhance the views and attribution towards PPIE, in addition to encouraging application of existing PPIE techniques in practice and to involve interest in further research.