Join us to transform your approach to public engagement in health and make a meaningful impact on your community.
Unlock the power of public engagement in health with our comprehensive workshop. Whether you’re new to this field or seeking to deepen your expertise, this session is designed to elevate your skills and understanding.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Foundational Principles: Gain a solid awareness of the key principles driving effective public engagement in health.
Applications in Change Programmes: Explore how public engagement strategies can be applied to both large-scale and small-scale health initiatives.
Overcoming Barriers: Identify common obstacles to engagement and learn practical strategies to overcome them.
Tailored Engagement Activities: Learn to design and implement engagement activities that are perfectly suited to your audience and objectives.
Best Practice Techniques: Master the art of planning, monitoring, and evaluating your engagement efforts to ensure success.
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand the Foundational Principles of Public Engagement in Health:
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the key principles that drive effective public engagement in health contexts
They will learn how these principles apply to various healthcare scenarios and why they are essential for fostering meaningful community involvement.
Develop Skills to Design and Implement Tailored Engagement Activities:
Participants will learn how to create engagement activities that are specifically tailored to their audience, purpose, and context.
They will acquire practical skills for planning, executing, and adjusting these activities to maximize their impact and relevance.
Master Techniques for Overcoming Barriers and Evaluating Engagement Efforts:
Participants will identify common barriers to public engagement and develop strategies to effectively mitigate these challenges.
They will master best practice techniques for monitoring and evaluating engagement activities to ensure continuous improvement and success in their initiatives.
These learning objectives aim to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to effectively engage with communities and drive positive health outcomes through comprehensive public engagement strategies.
FACILITATOR
Rebekka Francis is an accomplished professional with a rich background in designing and delivering learning and development programs within the health sector. With extensive experience in both private industry and the NHS, she brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her role as the Public Engagement Lead for an NHS Integrated Care Board. Since joining the NHS in 2018, Rebekka has focused on health complaints, communications, engagement, and policymaking. In her current position, she spearheads public engagement throughout the NHS commissioning cycle, working collaboratively with various health institutions, researchers, and public engagement professionals.
Rebekka is a firm believer in the importance of patient experiences and their understanding of health and care. She emphasises that these perspectives are essential for ensuring that professionals ask the right questions, design and deliver effective services, and communicate insights and findings to the appropriate audiences in suitable formats. With significant expertise in public engagement, Rebekka is particularly passionate about providing opportunities for diverse and underrepresented groups to participate in health services decision-making. She leads on the operations and delivery of Patient & Public Involvement in health, tirelessly advocating for the inclusion of patient and public voices at all levels of health service decision-making.
