{"id":598,"date":"2025-03-26T13:06:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/?p=598"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:15:26","slug":"patient-partner-draft-blog-and-checklist-billet-de-blogue-et-liste-de-verification-pour-les-patients-partenaires-provisoire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imhablog\/2025\/03\/26\/patient-partner-draft-blog-and-checklist-billet-de-blogue-et-liste-de-verification-pour-les-patients-partenaires-provisoire\/","title":{"rendered":"Providing input on a research team\u2019s draft manuscript: Why this is important and some guidance\/ Commenter le manuscrit d\u2019une \u00e9quipe de recherche : pourquoi est-ce important, et comment faire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Le fran\u00e7ais suit \/ French follows<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A Blog and Checklist for Patient Partners\/People with lived experience<\/p>\n<p><u>Providing input on a research team\u2019s draft manuscript: Why this is important and some guidance<\/u><\/p>\n<p><em>By Anna Samson, Chantale Thurston, Don Wood, Trinity Lowthian, Dawn Richards and Perri Tutelman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Academic publishing is one important way for research teams to share their research results. If you\u2019re on a research team as a patient partner providing your lived experience, you might be asked to review a manuscript before it\u2019s submitted to a journal to be considered for publication.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of reasons why your perspectives about a manuscript are important \u2013 here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting feedback from all members of the research team who contributed to the work before a manuscript is published and made available is an important part of the research process.<\/li>\n<li>Providing feedback is an opportunity to make sure that the research is presented in a way that is: patient-oriented, clear and easy to understand, and reflects the messages that are most important to patients. This helps to increase the chances that the work will actually help to advance future research and improve clinical practice down the road.<\/li>\n<li>Feedback based on your lived experience is just as important as feedback based on scientific or medical expertise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re a team that includes people with lived experience or patient partners, a researcher, and a person who facilitates patient engagement on research teams and initiatives. We\u2019ve been part of research teams when a manuscript is circulated to the whole team without much more information than \u201cplease review and provide feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We know that providing those with lived experience on the team with some guidance about reviewing a manuscript is helpful. We turned our thoughts on this into a checklist. <a href=\"https:\/\/pxphub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Manuscript-Input-English-PDF-Reviewers.pdf\">You can download the checklist<\/a> and use it in your own work or pass it on to others who might benefit from this information.<\/p>\n<p><u>Things to consider while reviewing:\u00a0 <\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No comment is too small.<\/li>\n<li>Comments don&#8217;t always need to be about something that needs to be changed. If you felt something was well written, let them know!<\/li>\n<li>Some things you might want to think about as you are reviewing:\n<ul>\n<li>Is the writing clear and easy to understand? Is there excessive jargon that gets in the way of clarity?<\/li>\n<li>Does what you read fit your lived experience? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>Are the word choices sensitive and appropriate?<\/li>\n<li>Does the writing make you think about any connections to your experiences or other work?<\/li>\n<li>Did you learn something new from what you read? Feel free to share it!<\/li>\n<li>Does the research make you think about possible ideas for future research to suggest?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Other important points:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider how you would like to provide feedback &#8211; e.g., in writing, on a call or in a meeting, or some other way that works best for you.<\/li>\n<li>Critical feedback is just as or even more important than positive feedback. Don\u2019t worry about hurting feelings when suggesting things that could be changed. Researchers are trained to incorporate others&#8217; perspectives and to take comments to strengthen their work.<\/li>\n<li>The team might not implement all the comments\/changes. Consider asking why feedback is included or not. Keep in mind that sometimes there are sections that are required and cannot be changed substantially. Also, sometimes there are strict word count limits that the team is working with.<\/li>\n<li>Questions you might want to ask the team:\n<ul>\n<li>What sections of the manuscript are the greatest focus?<\/li>\n<li>What journal will this be submitted to? Sometimes the format and framing of the research will vary depending on the journal and the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in learning more generally about the publishing process when teams include patient\/lived and living experiences perspectives on them, you can find more here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40900-020-00213-6\">paper<\/a> about the publishing process and how patient partners can meet the requirements for authorship<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v4M7KccdCrs\">video<\/a> about how patient partners can be included on teams publishing a paper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t be afraid to ask your research team colleagues questions about any steps in the processes that they engage you in, and good luck in your work together!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Un billet de blog et une liste de v\u00e9rification pour les patients partenaires<\/p>\n<p><u>Commenter le manuscrit d\u2019une \u00e9quipe de recherche\u00a0: pourquoi est-ce important, et comment faire?<\/u><\/p>\n<p><em>par Anna Samson, Chantale Thurston, Don Wood, Trinity Lowthian, Dawn Richards and Perri Tutelman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>La publication d\u2019articles scientifiques constitue pour les \u00e9quipes de recherche un moyen crucial de diffuser leurs r\u00e9sultats. Si vous faites partie d\u2019une \u00e9quipe de recherche \u00e0 titre de patiente ou patient partenaire ayant une exp\u00e9rience concr\u00e8te, on pourrait vous demander de r\u00e9viser un manuscrit avant sa soumission \u00e0 une revue scientifique.<\/p>\n<p>Votre point de vue sur un manuscrit est important pour de nombreuses raisons. En voici quelques-unes\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>La r\u00e9troaction de tous les membres de l\u2019\u00e9quipe de recherche qui ont contribu\u00e9 aux travaux avant la publication et la diffusion d\u2019un manuscrit est une partie importante du processus de recherche.<\/li>\n<li>En fournissant de la r\u00e9troaction, vous vous assurez que la recherche sera pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e d\u2019une mani\u00e8re qui est facile \u00e0 comprendre, qui tient compte des patients et qui refl\u00e8te les messages qui comptent vraiment pour eux. De plus, vous aidez \u00e0 garantir que le travail aidera \u00e0 faire progresser la recherche et \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la pratique clinique future.<\/li>\n<li>La r\u00e9troaction qui repose sur l\u2019exp\u00e9rience concr\u00e8te est tout aussi importante que la r\u00e9troaction fond\u00e9e sur l\u2019expertise scientifique ou m\u00e9dicale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notre \u00e9quipe est form\u00e9e de patients partenaires ou personnes ayant une exp\u00e9rience concr\u00e8te, d\u2019une chercheuse et d\u2019une personne qui facilite la participation des patients au sein des \u00e9quipes et initiatives de recherche. Nous avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait partie d\u2019\u00e9quipes de recherche qui faisaient circuler leurs manuscrits avec des directives t\u00e9l\u00e9graphiques de style\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Pri\u00e8re de r\u00e9viser et de fournir une r\u00e9troaction.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Nous comprenons que les personnes ayant une exp\u00e9rience concr\u00e8te au sein d\u2019une \u00e9quipe de recherche pourraient b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier de conseils sur la r\u00e9vision de manuscrits, et c\u2019est pourquoi nous avons organis\u00e9 nos r\u00e9flexions sous forme de liste de v\u00e9rification. <a href=\"https:\/\/pxphub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FR-Manuscript-Input-English-PDF-Patient-Partners.pdf\">Vous pouvez t\u00e9l\u00e9charger notre liste<\/a> et l\u2019utiliser pour votre propre travail, ou la transmettre \u00e0 d\u2019autres personnes qui pourraient la trouver utile.<\/p>\n<p><u>\u00c9l\u00e9ments \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer durant la r\u00e9vision<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Il n\u2019y a pas de commentaire trop insignifiant.<\/li>\n<li>Vos commentaires n\u2019ont pas besoin de porter sur des \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00e0 changer. Si vous trouvez qu\u2019un passage est particuli\u00e8rement bien r\u00e9dig\u00e9, n\u2019h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 le mentionner!<\/li>\n<li>Que devriez-vous surveiller lors de la r\u00e9vision?\n<ul>\n<li>Le contenu est-il clairement r\u00e9dig\u00e9 et facile \u00e0 comprendre? Contient-il une quantit\u00e9 excessive de jargon qui nuit \u00e0 la clart\u00e9?<\/li>\n<li>Le contenu correspond-il \u00e0 votre exp\u00e9rience concr\u00e8te? Pourquoi, ou pourquoi pas?<\/li>\n<li>Les mots choisis sont-ils respectueux et appropri\u00e9s?<\/li>\n<li>Le contenu vous inspire-t-il \u00e0 faire des liens avec des aspects de votre exp\u00e9rience ou d\u2019autres travaux?<\/li>\n<li>Avez-vous appris quelque chose de nouveau? Si oui, n\u2019h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 le mentionner!<\/li>\n<li>Le contenu vous inspire-t-il des pistes de r\u00e9flexion pour d\u2019autres avenues de recherche?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Autres \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R\u00e9fl\u00e9chissez au mode de r\u00e9troaction qui vous semble le plus appropri\u00e9, par exemple par \u00e9crit, durant un appel ou une r\u00e9union ou par tout autre moyen qui vous semble appropri\u00e9.<\/li>\n<li>La critique constructive est tout aussi importante que la r\u00e9troaction positive, sinon plus importante. Ne craignez pas de froisser les r\u00e9dacteurs par vos suggestions de changements\u00a0: les chercheurs apprennent t\u00f4t dans leur parcours \u00e0 int\u00e9grer les points de vue et les commentaires des autres pour am\u00e9liorer leur travail.<\/li>\n<li>Ne vous attendez pas \u00e0 ce que l\u2019\u00e9quipe int\u00e8gre la totalit\u00e9 des commentaires et changements sugg\u00e9r\u00e9s. Vous pouvez toujours demander pourquoi des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de r\u00e9troaction ont \u00e9t\u00e9 accept\u00e9s ou rejet\u00e9s. Cela dit, n\u2019oubliez pas que certaines sections sont obligatoires et ne peuvent pas \u00eatre enti\u00e8rement r\u00e9\u00e9crites, et que l\u2019\u00e9quipe doit parfois composer avec des contraintes d\u2019espace inflexibles.<\/li>\n<li>Questions potentielles \u00e0 poser\u00a0:\n<ul>\n<li>Quelles sections du manuscrit sont les plus importantes?<\/li>\n<li>\u00c0 quelle revue scientifique sera-t-il soumis? Le format et la fa\u00e7on de pr\u00e9senter l\u2019information peuvent varier selon la revue cibl\u00e9e et le domaine de recherche.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur le processus de publication en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral dans un contexte d\u2019inclusion des perspectives de patients et de personnes ayant une exp\u00e9rience concr\u00e8te, nous vous proposons ces ressources\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>un <a href=\"https:\/\/researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40900-020-00213-6\">article<\/a> (en anglais seulement) sur le processus de publication et les crit\u00e8res que doivent remplir les patients partenaires pour \u00eatre cit\u00e9s comme auteurs;<\/li>\n<li>une <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v4M7KccdCrs\">vid\u00e9o<\/a> (en anglais seulement) sur les fa\u00e7ons d\u2019inclure les patients partenaires aux \u00e9quipes publiant un article scientifique.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>N\u2019ayez pas peur de poser des questions \u00e0 vos coll\u00e8gues membres de l\u2019\u00e9quipe de recherche sur les \u00e9tapes du processus auxquelles vous participez. 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