[PartnerREC network: Result from a process of coconstruction with patient partners and researchers].

The PartnerREC network at the Geneva University Hospitals aims to facilitate the collaboration between researchers and patient partners in any type of clinical research, mainly those led at the HUG. It is the result of a coconstruction process initiated in 2019 by physicians, research professionals, cantonal research ethics committee members, a lawyer, and patient partners. The network implemented four initiatives: a) a website providing information to researchers and patients participating to research projects; b) personalized counseling for researchers to explore partnership opportunities in their own research projects; c) a training program related to patient partnership in research developed together with different partners in French-speaking Switzerland and d) its own research program on partnership in clinical research.

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Introduction: Mobilizing different types of expertise helps to meet some of the challenges faced by health care systems. In French-speaking Switzerland, patient expertise has been mobilized in a new postgraduate curriculum, the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Care Coordination and Networking, according to the different levels of engagement described in the Montreal Model.

Purpose Of The Research: The aim of our research was to explore a) the feasibility and acceptability of implementing different levels of patient involvement in this continuing education program, b) the factors that influence them, and c) the preliminary benefits of this implementation for students.