Building Capacity for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Aging Research: Training Across the Continuum

Abstract

Patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) models are increasingly used to ensure stakeholders inform evidence-based systems of care. Unfortunately, older adults are often left out of PCOR, leading to continued health and service disparities. The Aging PCOR Learning Collaborative was funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in 2020 to conduct a series of training activities to change how older adults are viewed and engaged in research. Training was extended to Gerontology students, researchers new to engagement, established researchers, and to older adults to advance the strategies needed to infuse PCOR within aging research design and implementation. Project staff analyzed data relevant to these activities, which demonstrated the project’s reach to over 300 older adults, researchers, funders, and academic leaders. This session will review the steps required to implement training, our project reach, outputs, and mid-term outcomes, providing one of the first glimpses into how to measure this shift in our research paradigm.