AbSPORU
@absporu.bsky.social
The Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit is dedicated to the integration of research into care so that patients receive the right care at the right time.
www.absporu.ca
www.absporu.ca
We’re looking for:
🔹 Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the last 5 years (currently in treatment or post-treatment)
🔹 Caregivers
🔹 Healthcare professionals.
You’ll be asked about experiences, knowledge, and challenges: shorturl.at/0kTou
🔹 Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the last 5 years (currently in treatment or post-treatment)
🔹 Caregivers
🔹 Healthcare professionals.
You’ll be asked about experiences, knowledge, and challenges: shorturl.at/0kTou
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We’re looking for:
🔹 Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the last 5 years (currently in treatment or post-treatment)
🔹 Caregivers
🔹 Healthcare professionals.
You’ll be asked about experiences, knowledge, and challenges: shorturl.at/0kTou
🔹 Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the last 5 years (currently in treatment or post-treatment)
🔹 Caregivers
🔹 Healthcare professionals.
You’ll be asked about experiences, knowledge, and challenges: shorturl.at/0kTou
Hannah Brooks & Allison Soprovich will lead a discussion on imposter participants in qualitative research—especially online. Enjoy tea, coffee, and cookies while connecting with fellow U of A qualitative researchers. Everyone is welcome! RRSP: tinyurl.com/mupbp7y9
Quali-Tea RSVP (DEC 4, 2025)
Hello! Please let us know if you plan to attend our gathering on Thurs, DEC 4, 12 - 1 pm, in ECHA 5-001 (Kipnes Academy). This will help us plan accordingly. Please RSVP by DEC 1.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hannah Brooks & Allison Soprovich will lead a discussion on imposter participants in qualitative research—especially online. Enjoy tea, coffee, and cookies while connecting with fellow U of A qualitative researchers. Everyone is welcome! RRSP: tinyurl.com/mupbp7y9
True patient engagement means more than a checkbox.
Join us as we explore how the Alberta Cancer Diagnosis Initiative is recruiting diverse voices to shape health system improvement. Reg here: bit.ly/3Xa6hMy
Join us as we explore how the Alberta Cancer Diagnosis Initiative is recruiting diverse voices to shape health system improvement. Reg here: bit.ly/3Xa6hMy
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
True patient engagement means more than a checkbox.
Join us as we explore how the Alberta Cancer Diagnosis Initiative is recruiting diverse voices to shape health system improvement. Reg here: bit.ly/3Xa6hMy
Join us as we explore how the Alberta Cancer Diagnosis Initiative is recruiting diverse voices to shape health system improvement. Reg here: bit.ly/3Xa6hMy
Big change starts close to home 🌿
At the SHARE Summit (Nov 10), see how NL-led health research is making care better for patients right here in our province.
Free to join online 💻
qualityofcarenl.ca/events-train...
At the SHARE Summit (Nov 10), see how NL-led health research is making care better for patients right here in our province.
Free to join online 💻
qualityofcarenl.ca/events-train...
October 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Big change starts close to home 🌿
At the SHARE Summit (Nov 10), see how NL-led health research is making care better for patients right here in our province.
Free to join online 💻
qualityofcarenl.ca/events-train...
At the SHARE Summit (Nov 10), see how NL-led health research is making care better for patients right here in our province.
Free to join online 💻
qualityofcarenl.ca/events-train...
Still time to register! Don't miss out on this important topic: Still lots of time to register! Don't miss out on this important topic! Register here: ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Still time to register! Don't miss out on this important topic: Still lots of time to register! Don't miss out on this important topic! Register here: ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us to discuss: "Family-centered service through the eyes of insiders" – healthcare providers who are also parents share their unique perspective.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👥 Open to all interested in patient engagement in research! #PatientOrientedResearch
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👥 Open to all interested in patient engagement in research! #PatientOrientedResearch
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Join us to discuss: "Family-centered service through the eyes of insiders" – healthcare providers who are also parents share their unique perspective.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👥 Open to all interested in patient engagement in research! #PatientOrientedResearch
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👥 Open to all interested in patient engagement in research! #PatientOrientedResearch
Still time to register for October's Patient Engagement Journal Club! shorturl.at/DsTN8
September 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Still time to register for October's Patient Engagement Journal Club! shorturl.at/DsTN8
Has your child (age 2–6) had a speech-language assessment in Alberta in the past year?
U of A researchers want to hear from you! Join a 1-hour interview to help improve assessments for families.
Telling your story can help other parents know what to expect!
U of A researchers want to hear from you! Join a 1-hour interview to help improve assessments for families.
Telling your story can help other parents know what to expect!
September 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Has your child (age 2–6) had a speech-language assessment in Alberta in the past year?
U of A researchers want to hear from you! Join a 1-hour interview to help improve assessments for families.
Telling your story can help other parents know what to expect!
U of A researchers want to hear from you! Join a 1-hour interview to help improve assessments for families.
Telling your story can help other parents know what to expect!
Learning Opportunity for Researchers! 🧠 Patient Engagement (PE) in POR Certificate
Learn how to:
- Develop a PE plan/budget
- Apply PE frameworks & ethical principles
- Plan for inclusive & equitable practices
- Evaluate patient partnerships
Register: tinyurl.com/PE-Fall-2025
Learn how to:
- Develop a PE plan/budget
- Apply PE frameworks & ethical principles
- Plan for inclusive & equitable practices
- Evaluate patient partnerships
Register: tinyurl.com/PE-Fall-2025
August 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Learning Opportunity for Researchers! 🧠 Patient Engagement (PE) in POR Certificate
Learn how to:
- Develop a PE plan/budget
- Apply PE frameworks & ethical principles
- Plan for inclusive & equitable practices
- Evaluate patient partnerships
Register: tinyurl.com/PE-Fall-2025
Learn how to:
- Develop a PE plan/budget
- Apply PE frameworks & ethical principles
- Plan for inclusive & equitable practices
- Evaluate patient partnerships
Register: tinyurl.com/PE-Fall-2025
Curious about how implementation science drives better health care? The Implementation Science in Patient-Oriented Research Certificate gives you the tools, frameworks, & connections to put evidence into action. Discover how Alberta is advancing a learning health system!
August 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Curious about how implementation science drives better health care? The Implementation Science in Patient-Oriented Research Certificate gives you the tools, frameworks, & connections to put evidence into action. Discover how Alberta is advancing a learning health system!
Fair, inclusive care for kids starts with better data. Join us to co-create a Social Determinants of Health tool for children’s health records. Open to youth, caregivers, health pros, developers & advocates.
August 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fair, inclusive care for kids starts with better data. Join us to co-create a Social Determinants of Health tool for children’s health records. Open to youth, caregivers, health pros, developers & advocates.
Clearer health recommendations start here—take part if you’re 16+ and can understand written english. Not all health advice is equal. We’re testing how to make the “strength” of recommendations easy to grasp. Here is the link to join: www.research.net/r/RecWording...
August 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Clearer health recommendations start here—take part if you’re 16+ and can understand written english. Not all health advice is equal. We’re testing how to make the “strength” of recommendations easy to grasp. Here is the link to join: www.research.net/r/RecWording...
Join us as we dive into a patient-driven scoping review with digital health portals. These tools are becoming more common in supporting patients, and this session will highlight what we’ve learned from the research so far. Register here:
cancer.jmir.org/2025/1/e72862
cancer.jmir.org/2025/1/e72862
August 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Join us as we dive into a patient-driven scoping review with digital health portals. These tools are becoming more common in supporting patients, and this session will highlight what we’ve learned from the research so far. Register here:
cancer.jmir.org/2025/1/e72862
cancer.jmir.org/2025/1/e72862
Are you 18+ and living with a chronic illness? Whether you're a patient or a student, we want to hear from you! Take a quick, anonymous 5–10 minute survey through UCalgary’s Qualtrics platform to share your lived experience.
July 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Are you 18+ and living with a chronic illness? Whether you're a patient or a student, we want to hear from you! Take a quick, anonymous 5–10 minute survey through UCalgary’s Qualtrics platform to share your lived experience.
🔬 N2 Canada is a not-for-profit alliance of clinical research networks enhancing trial quality & capacity nationwide. They unite researchers across Canada to share best practices, tools & advocate for high-quality, efficient research. Training link:https://n2canada.ca/education/#cid=1563&wid=2801
July 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🔬 N2 Canada is a not-for-profit alliance of clinical research networks enhancing trial quality & capacity nationwide. They unite researchers across Canada to share best practices, tools & advocate for high-quality, efficient research. Training link:https://n2canada.ca/education/#cid=1563&wid=2801
We’re looking for people in Alberta with lived experience accessing & navigating type 1 diabetes care for their children, especially from rural communities and Calgary.
Join the AURORA advisory group to:
🔹 Help analyze T1D atlas data
🔹 Co-design a knowledge hub with researchers & doctors
Join the AURORA advisory group to:
🔹 Help analyze T1D atlas data
🔹 Co-design a knowledge hub with researchers & doctors
July 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We’re looking for people in Alberta with lived experience accessing & navigating type 1 diabetes care for their children, especially from rural communities and Calgary.
Join the AURORA advisory group to:
🔹 Help analyze T1D atlas data
🔹 Co-design a knowledge hub with researchers & doctors
Join the AURORA advisory group to:
🔹 Help analyze T1D atlas data
🔹 Co-design a knowledge hub with researchers & doctors
🌍 PxP: For Patients, By Patients is a free, virtual conference this September! 🙌 Led by people with lived experience 🎯 Built for patient partners—but researchers are welcome too! 🧠 Learn, connect & grow patient engagement in health research
Reg here: shorturl.at/n5Xe9
Reg here: shorturl.at/n5Xe9
July 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🌍 PxP: For Patients, By Patients is a free, virtual conference this September! 🙌 Led by people with lived experience 🎯 Built for patient partners—but researchers are welcome too! 🧠 Learn, connect & grow patient engagement in health research
Reg here: shorturl.at/n5Xe9
Reg here: shorturl.at/n5Xe9
We’re looking for youth (14–23) with neurodevelopment disabilities, caregivers, health professionals, community organizations & policymakers to help shape Alberta’s pain care priorities.
Let’s make research reflect what really matters!
Let’s make research reflect what really matters!
July 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We’re looking for youth (14–23) with neurodevelopment disabilities, caregivers, health professionals, community organizations & policymakers to help shape Alberta’s pain care priorities.
Let’s make research reflect what really matters!
Let’s make research reflect what really matters!
Are you a neurodivergent student at UCalgary (18+)?
Have trouble finding your way around campus?
We’re creating Digital Buddy—a virtual guide to help you navigate campus spaces with more confidence & ease.
💻 Take our quick 5-min survey & help shape what we build!
Have trouble finding your way around campus?
We’re creating Digital Buddy—a virtual guide to help you navigate campus spaces with more confidence & ease.
💻 Take our quick 5-min survey & help shape what we build!
July 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Are you a neurodivergent student at UCalgary (18+)?
Have trouble finding your way around campus?
We’re creating Digital Buddy—a virtual guide to help you navigate campus spaces with more confidence & ease.
💻 Take our quick 5-min survey & help shape what we build!
Have trouble finding your way around campus?
We’re creating Digital Buddy—a virtual guide to help you navigate campus spaces with more confidence & ease.
💻 Take our quick 5-min survey & help shape what we build!
We’re recruiting for an advisory group!
• Adults (18+) with type 1 diabetes
• Adolescents (12–19) with type 1 diabetes
• Caregivers of children (2–12) or teens (12–19) with type 1 diabetes
Must have lived experience for at least 2 years.
Interested? Get in touch!
• Adults (18+) with type 1 diabetes
• Adolescents (12–19) with type 1 diabetes
• Caregivers of children (2–12) or teens (12–19) with type 1 diabetes
Must have lived experience for at least 2 years.
Interested? Get in touch!
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We’re recruiting for an advisory group!
• Adults (18+) with type 1 diabetes
• Adolescents (12–19) with type 1 diabetes
• Caregivers of children (2–12) or teens (12–19) with type 1 diabetes
Must have lived experience for at least 2 years.
Interested? Get in touch!
• Adults (18+) with type 1 diabetes
• Adolescents (12–19) with type 1 diabetes
• Caregivers of children (2–12) or teens (12–19) with type 1 diabetes
Must have lived experience for at least 2 years.
Interested? Get in touch!
Human trafficking remains a persistent global issue. Healthcare professionals are in a key position to identify and respond to victims and survivors, many of whom interact with the health system without being recognized. Attend and learn how you can help identify victims! shorturl.at/nAXGD
Strengthening Human Trafficking Detection in Healthcare
A review on current tools and implementation strategies for identifying victims and survivors of human trafficking in healthcare settings.
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July 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Human trafficking remains a persistent global issue. Healthcare professionals are in a key position to identify and respond to victims and survivors, many of whom interact with the health system without being recognized. Attend and learn how you can help identify victims! shorturl.at/nAXGD
Still time to sign up for tomorrow's journal club!
AbSPORU Patient Engagement team Journal Club for June is: Engaging people with lived experience of dementia in research meetings and events: insights from multiple perspectives. Such an important topic! shorturl.at/TMm2t
June 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Still time to sign up for tomorrow's journal club!
We’re conducting a Delphi consensus survey to identify the most important sociodemographic determinants of health. This will help researchers collect & compare this information in a more consistent and standardized way. We’re looking for input from knowledge users!
June 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We’re conducting a Delphi consensus survey to identify the most important sociodemographic determinants of health. This will help researchers collect & compare this information in a more consistent and standardized way. We’re looking for input from knowledge users!
Help shape caregiver support programs!
We're seeking 🇨🇦 healthcare professionals (nurses, PTs, OTs, SLPs, MDs, etc.) with stroke care experience.
✅ Age 18+
✅ English-speaking
📩 Contact fenglerd@ualberta.ca to take part in our 20-min survey.
#StrokeRecovery #HealthResearch
We're seeking 🇨🇦 healthcare professionals (nurses, PTs, OTs, SLPs, MDs, etc.) with stroke care experience.
✅ Age 18+
✅ English-speaking
📩 Contact fenglerd@ualberta.ca to take part in our 20-min survey.
#StrokeRecovery #HealthResearch
June 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Help shape caregiver support programs!
We're seeking 🇨🇦 healthcare professionals (nurses, PTs, OTs, SLPs, MDs, etc.) with stroke care experience.
✅ Age 18+
✅ English-speaking
📩 Contact fenglerd@ualberta.ca to take part in our 20-min survey.
#StrokeRecovery #HealthResearch
We're seeking 🇨🇦 healthcare professionals (nurses, PTs, OTs, SLPs, MDs, etc.) with stroke care experience.
✅ Age 18+
✅ English-speaking
📩 Contact fenglerd@ualberta.ca to take part in our 20-min survey.
#StrokeRecovery #HealthResearch
Interested in Participating? If you're a caregiver, your experiences and insights matter. Help us better understand what supports work best for caregivers like you.
June 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Interested in Participating? If you're a caregiver, your experiences and insights matter. Help us better understand what supports work best for caregivers like you.