Emergency Adult Care Consumer Group 

Benefits

• Have a say and be involved in research to improve patients' health and well-being at the hospital Emergency Department.

• Professional development (and other training opportunities) is free.

• An opportunity to connect and share your experience with other like-minded people

• Improve your awareness of research activities to improve outcomes for Emergency Adult Care.

And so much more!!

Details

• The group has up to 14 members, including 6-10 community members, 1-2 researchers/clinicians and 1-2 dedicated support officers.

• The group meets about 3-5 times in 12 months; most meetings will be online, and there may be one in-person meeting for 1-2 hours.

• There is pre-reading before meetings, with papers sent at least five days before each meeting.

• There are emails between meetings.

• Members are recruited for 2 years; however, they can step down anytime.

• Payment for time is offered as a gift voucher of $50 per hour for meeting attendance, meeting preparation and parking expenses.

•  Meetings are arranged at times to suit members.

Requirements

• An adult (over 18 years old).

• Have an interest in improving hospital Emergency Care through research.

• Experience coming to the Emergency Department (ED) or being admitted to the hospital themselves or as a carer for an adult patient.

• Ideally, an adult that has had experience coming to ED