Table 2.
Outline of the Cancer Council NSW Consumer Review of Research Training Program
| Day 1 | Day 2 |
| Introductions and Welcome | Welcome to day 2 |
| Setting the Scene | About the Consumer Review Panel (the panel of trained consumers who will review and prioritise CCNSW research funding applications against established criteria) |
| • About the Cancer Council NSW | • Purpose of the consumer panel |
| • Cancer research in Australia | • Role of panel members |
| • Background to consumer involvement in research at the Cancer Council NSW | • Role of the Chairperson |
| • Operating guidelines and protocols for the panel | |
| • Questions/views/training improvement ideas | |
| Overview of Training – expected outcomes, ground rules, evaluation. | Research review |
| • Consumer Review Criteria (development and use) | |
| • Questions/views/training improvement ideas | |
| Definition and Scope of Health and Medical Research (for the purposes of the training) | |
| Current Research Funding and Review Processes | Testing the System (practicing research review) |
| • National Health and Medical Research Council | • Review example research funding applications |
| • Cancer Council NSW (including types of research funded by CCNSW) | • Individually apply the consumer review criteria (identified from recent research on important aspects the NSW public feel are important when judging the value of research) to each application |
| • Definition and importance of ethical approval and scientific merit review | • General discussion and debate |
| • Questions/views/training improvement ideas | • Determine a (panel agreed) ranked order of applications for funding |
| • Debrief on the process, experience, problems encountered etc | |
| • Questions/views/training improvement ideas throughout the practice session | |
| Overview of Research Disciplines (and importance of each for cancer control) | Next steps and other research involvement opportunities (with the Cancer Council NSW) |
| Basic Research | Summary of day 2 Questions/views/training improvement ideas |
| Epidemiological Research | |
| Clinical Research | |
| Behavioural and Psychosocial Research | |
| Cancer Screening Research | |
| Health Services Research | |
| Summary of day 1 Questions/views/training improvement ideas | |