Whittaker, Lisa;
Dean, Jamie;
Correia Veloso Da Veiga, Catarina Isabel;
Langdon, Sophie;
Drake, Rebecca;
Taylor, Daniel;
Williams, Myfanwy-Cerys;
... Terry, Samantha; + view all
(2024)
Radiation Reveal: Moving from research engagement to
involvement.
Journal British Journal of Cancer
, 130
pp. 1593-1598.
10.1038/s41416-024-02648-0.
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Abstract
Here, we report on the process of a highly impactful and successful creative, collaborative, and multi-partner public engagement project, Radiation Reveal. It brought together ten young adults aged 17–25-year-olds with experience of radiotherapy with researchers at Cancer Research UK RadNet City of London across three 2-hour online workshops. Our aims were to 1) initiate discussions between young adults and radiation researchers, and 2) identify what people wish they had known about radiotherapy before or during treatment. These aims were surpassed; other benefits included peer support, participants’ continued involvement in subsequent engagement projects, lasting friendships, creation of support groups for others, and creation and national dissemination of top ten tips for medical professionals and social media resources. A key learning was that this project required a dedicated and (com)passionate person with connections to national cancer charities. When designing the project, constant feedback is also needed from charities and young adults with and without radiotherapy experience. Finally, visually capturing discussions and keeping the door open beyond workshops further enhanced impact. Here, we hope to inform and inspire people to help project the patient voice in all we do.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Radiation Reveal: Moving from research engagement to involvement |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41416-024-02648-0 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-024-02648-0 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2024. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Education, Lab life |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10188706 |
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