Clinical Landscape in Canada: Barriers & Motivators Impacting patient Engagement in Clinical Trials

This presentation is part of the CDTRP 2024 Patient, Family and Donor Research Forum.
Linda Hunter is the National Coordinator, Stream for Community Partners & Patients with the CANadian Consortium of Clinical Trial TRAINing platform (CANTRAIN). Linda is also a patient and has lived with chronic disease for years making her an excellent PatientEngagement Research Ambassador for CIHR. She has co-developed online educational modules for patients and researchers about Patient Engagement in Research.
Dr. Stuart Nichollsis the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) ProgramFacilitator in the Office for Patient Engagement in Research Activities (OPERA) at theOttawa Methods Centre. In his capacity as SPOR Program facilitator Stuart consults with researchers to provide methodological guidance regarding all aspects of Patient-OrientedResearch. In addition, Dr. Nicholls provides training and education on patient engagement in research and actively contributes to research in this field.