Turning Patients into Participants
In the end, no research can be conducted without subjects - patients or healthy volunteers. As a result, at Trimanos we think of them as participants, collaborators even. At the Jackson Foundation some of the patients stayed loyal to clinical research for thirty years. They volunteered for many different studies.
If you learn how to make your patients into participants and work closely with them you will rarely have any difficulties either recruiting or retaining their interest. Compliance is almost a given.
At the heart of the Trimanos approach is a recognition that patients, like the rest of the research team, need to see the bigger picture: we are all contributing in our way to advancing medicine and improving outcomes.
Key questions
- What is a Clinical Trial
- Why is a Trial Conducted
- Why should I consider taking part
- If I do, what is done to protect my health and safety
- Informed consent process
- What if I change my mine
- What is done with the results that have come from my taking part in the trial
- What are my legal rights