Participate in a Project to Build Recommendations for Health Research Partnership Documentation and Reporting

Opportunity details

Position type

Participant

Number of positions available

25

Organization

University of Manitoba

Role overview

Our team is recruiting participants for a project on building recommendations for documenting and reporting on health research partnerships. This project will involve multiple rounds of surveys where participants will rate aspects of health research partnership on their importance for documenting and reporting on. The potential impact of this project is to inform the development of recommendations that people can use when documenting and reporting on their health research partnership studies for academic publication. In this project, we define a health research partnership as a collaboration between at least one "researcher" and one "knowledge user" as team members on a health research project. The knowledge user's defined role includes actively influencing or shaping the health research project. Researchers may include someone who undertakes rigorous study in a topic area in a professional or educational role (e.g., academics, research staff, evaluation consultants, etc.), while knowledge users represent the people, groups, organizations, or settings, that research is intended to benefit, and/or who can contribute knowledge in decision-making (e.g., healthcare professionals, decision-makers, patients and people with lived experiences, etc.). Please note that participation is voluntary, and you can withdraw from the project at any time before the results of the project are shared (anticipated: Spring 2026).

Required knowledge, experience, skills

We are looking for people who meet any one of the following inclusion criteria: - knowledge users: decision-makers who have partnered in research - knowledge users: people with lived experience who have partnered in research - knowledge users: health professionals who have partnered in research - researchers who conduct health research partnerships - researchers who study health research partnerships - people who have participated on research ethics boards - academic journal editors and publishers - health research funders - staff members with management or coordination roles in research partnerships - knowledge brokers or third parties who support research partnerships

Time commitment

If you are interested, we ask you to participate in three activities: 1. A pre-screening form, which will ask you questions about your identity, working context, and background related to health research partnership, to determine your eligibility as well as to understand the diversity of our participant sample. (10 minutes) 2. Completing three rounds of Delphi surveys to review and rate aspects of health research partnerships on their importance for documenting and reporting. (1 hour each, 3 weeks for each round, 2-3 weeks between each round, 3 hours total, over a six month period) 3. Participating in an optional focus group with participants with similar partnership backgrounds as you to discuss health research partnership documenting and reporting items in a shared setting. (90 minutes) You will be able to select if you would like to complete the forms in English or French. Focus groups will only be held in English.

Location

Virtual

What can you expect from the research team?

If you are interested, reach out to us! Our research team will connect with you over email. On first contact, we will forward you a link to a pre-screening form. Should you be eligible, you will receive another email invitation with the consent form and the first round of the Delphi survey. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me, Dr. Kathryn Sibley, at kathryn.sibley@umanitoba.ca. I am the Principal Investigator for this project, and a Professor in the College of Community and Global Health at the University of Manitoba.

Supports available to participate

For participating in this project, you may request compensation (i.e., a $30 CAD e-gift card for each component of the project that you complete), including the three Delphi survey rounds, and the optional focus group (A total of $120 CAD). The e-gift card will be sent to the email you provide - all personal information will remain anonymous throughout this process.

Submission of interest deadline

March 6, 2026