Involving burn survivors in agenda setting on burn research: an added value?

Background And Aim: The role of burn survivors in burn research is usually restricted to being objects of study and beneficiaries of research results, while decision-making on research is traditionally the domain of a small group of experts, mainly scientists. In this article we compare the research priorities of burn survivors and professionals and investigate to what extent it is possible to come to a joint research agenda.

Methodology: The project followed the Dialogue Model for research agenda setting.