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486258-HS2026-0-PHS: Participatory Research Approaches





Root number 486258
Semester HS2026
Type of course Course
Allocation to subject Public Health Sciences Course Program
Type of exam not defined
Title PHS: Participatory Research Approaches
Description Thursday, 17.09.2026

This Module course will introduce participants to basic principles of patient and public involvement in health research, discuss important aspects of participatory research and provide insights into selecting suitable approaches for different study designs and topics.

This course will be a mixture of input lectures from disciplines that apply participatory approaches in health research and exercises individually and in small groups.
The course will present the foundations of community-based participatory health research, the ladder of participation, participatory health research methods, public and patient involvement strategies, as well as community engagement tools.

Registration and deregistration regulation: Registration for PHS courses is open until approximately two weeks before the course begins. Participants may deregister without incurring an administrative fee up to one month before the course starts. After the deregistration period, the organisers will decide whether the course will take place. Registrations after the deregistration deadline are binding, and any deregistration after this deadline will incur an administrative fee of CHF 100. More information is available on the website: https://www.medizin.unibe.ch/studies/study_programs/phs_course_program/index_eng.html#pane1296400
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course) Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible). ILIAS
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Lecturers Prof. Dr. Annika Frahsa, Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin (ISPM) - Community Health ✉
Prof. Dr. Myrofora Goutaki, Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin - Primary ciliary dyskinesia research and Swiss registry ✉
Dr. Maaret Elisabet Jokela-Pansini, Public Health Sciences Course Program 
ECTS 1
Recognition as optional course possible No
Grading passed/failed
 
Dates Thursday 17/9/2026 09:00-17:00
 
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