The document outlines the programme for a postgraduate and early career researcher event held by CLAHRC West Midlands. The programme includes sessions on ethics, collaboration and engagement, public and patient involvement, networking and peer support, and research methodology. Attendees will discuss topics like navigating ethics reviews, balancing clinical and academic work, engaging stakeholders, and designing sound studies.

1. 02/12/2015
CLAHRC West Midlands
Postgraduate and early career researcher event programme
Ethics
- Mock ethics panel
- Shared experience
- Q&A session
- Avoiding pitfalls and understanding process
Collaboration and Engagement
- Focus, avoiding mission creep
- Tension clinical / academia
- Access to people/datasets – networks/building
relationships – techniques
- Engagement
- Managing confidentiality

2. 02/12/2015
CLAHRC West Midlands
Postgraduate and early career researcher event programme
PPI and E
- Understanding what it is and how it can make a difference
- Impact on research activities
- Lay summaries and wider public engagement
Networks & Peer Support – self-organising
- Shared experiences
- LinkedIn? Social networks – HUB is rubbish
Researchgate – communities?
Methodology
- Study design
- Packaged within the Leadership and Diffusion Fellow
programme