Practices of Participation and CoCreation in Healthcare: Lessons Learned and Advancements of Established Methodologies

Participatory research in the healthcare sector is fraught with obstacles. In particular, choosing appropriate methods to involve the heterogeneous stakeholders in the healthcare system can be difficult. Not only are time constraints and hierarchies between professional (and non-professional) healthcare actors a challenge, but also dealing with patients who may have different physical and psychological limitations. Accordingly, not all qualitative methods are applicable to all stakeholder groups. Limitations such as impairments and low literacy levels can make it difficult to articipate in focus groups or design workshops. In this workshop we will discuss experiences with participatory methods in the health sector and explore how established methods can be made more inclusive so that they can be adapted to a wide range of stakeholders.