Involvement in Research My experience Bethan Mair Edwards
Involvement in Research: My experience Bethan Mair Edwards, Service User Researcher, Activist and Campaigner @pixiegirle
2000 – Started using Mental Health Services 2004 – 2013 – Member – NHS Research Ethics Committee How I became involved in research…. . 2006 – 2011 – Trained as an Occupational Therapist 2011 - Inpatient Admission 2012 - Joined Interlink – Service User Involvement Project 2012 - Joined PAR and Involving People
Examples of Involvement: 2012 – 2018 PPI Advisory Groups: Plan 4 Recovery, COCAPP Trial Management Groups: EQUIP Co-applicant: PRIME Centre – SAFER 4, STRETCHED; OAPS Lecturing: PPI MSc & Ph. D Students Swansea University Co-author: 2 Chapters Mental Health Nursing Textbook; Chapter Mental Health OT Textbook; Journal articles Ph. D Supervision: Clinical Psychology, University of Lancaster and Cardiff University. Service User Researcher: COCAPP & COCAPP-A Conference Presentations: Royal College of Occupational Therapists Research and Development Groups Mental Health Nursing Conference INVOLVE
Progressing as a service user researcher… Ph. D and overlapping identities Service User Researcher No career pathway for service user researchers in Wales. Research Occupational Therapist Service User Activist 2014 - Research Occupational Therapist Social Media No permanent / temporary job opportunities. Doing my own PPI Service user led groups and networks Ph. D Applications… Supporting others to do PPI 2017 - Ph. D Funding Source of expertise in PPI Conference Presentations – Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
Impact… 2012 - Alan Research Knowledge, skills, experience and opportunities. Friendships & lots more! 2013 - Smokey
Any questions? @pixiegirle Bethan. Mair. Edwards@hotmail. co. uk
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