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Science for tomorrow's neurosurgery: insights on establishing a neurosurgery patient group focused on developing
Oscar MacCormac1,2, Matthew Elliot3,4, Lisa Whittaker3
1School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK. oscar.j.maccormac@kcl.ac.uk.
Background:
Incorporating patient and public involvement (PPI) in research is crucial for ensuring the relevance and success of studies, yet it remains significantly underutilised in surgical research.
Main Body:
This commentary presents insights from our neurosurgical research team's experience with establishing and working with a PPI group called "Science for Tomorrow's Neurosurgery" on research regarding novel intra-operative optical imaging techniques. Through collaboration with patient-focused charities, we have successfully incorporated patient perspectives into our work at each stage of the research pipeline, whilst adhering to core PPI principles, such as reciprocal relationships, co-learning, partnerships, and transparency.
Conclusion:
We highlight the specific value added to our work in terms of participant recruitment, research ethics and results dissemination.
