Patients as Partners in Research: There Is Plenty of Help for Researchers.

Abstract

If including patients as equal partners in health care research is increasingly regarded as "the right thing to do," then it is important that researchers and patients "do it right." The research community should be aware of, use, and share resources that support best practices in this domain. The first editorial in the series focused on why researchers should engage patient partners on research teams. In this, the second editorial in the series, we concentrate on how to engage patient partners and highlight a selection of resources to help researchers and to demystify patient partnerships in research. <i>J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2020;50(5):219-221. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.0104</i>.