[unit1 lesson 1 stopandthink q2]

Answer

Patient involvement concerns involving patients as colleagues in the research team. Public engagement is concerned with providing information about research in ways that are accessible to the public, to promote understanding of research and its findings. Public engagement is therefore an important part of the research process and involving patients/the public in research teams can help researchers to communicate what they do effectively. Also, a research aware member of the public is more likely to want to be involved in research.