We join our colleagues in other Blood and Transplant Research Units (BTRUs) to celebrate the winners of the BTRU plain English summary competition! 14 brave BTRU researchers have participated in this exercise, which has been an outstanding learning opportunity, organised in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).
Dr Tom Bullock, the Interim Chief Scientific Officer at the NHSBT, said:
“Innovation must be accessible, and that starts with Plain English. Clear communication helps ensure that our research reaches the people it’s designed to benefit: patients, the public, policymakers and funders alike. That’s why this Plain English training has been so valuable. It brings researchers, patients and public members together to practice writing and getting live feedback – a unique learning opportunity. This builds foundational skills for involving patient and public members in shaping research, so our researchers and valued patient and public members can work together to ask questions, share findings clearly, and stay focused on what matters most to those to benefit.”
Researchers from across five BTRUs were invited to participate in two sessions of the Plain English Summary training, which included an engaging workshop on the principles of lay summaries, followed by a live feedback session where the patient partner provided helpful feedback to the researchers on how to improve their lay summaries. Having received helpful training and the support of patient partners, the researchers improved their submissions and entered the competition.
👏 Hear from the competition winners and public partners who supported us
📝 Find out how we made research more accessible
👉 Read it here: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/bs01ner3kySZbNHV?ref=Link