Representative Involvement is when research teams include all types of people. Find out how PCORI explains representative involvement.
You can find Representative Involvement tools below that are sorted by their stage of research (planning, doing, and sharing).
Planning
Authorship Agreement Template: Who Should be an Author?
Use this template to help talk about responsibilities related to being an author for a project. This template should be used at the beginning of a project
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Communication Planning
Use this tool for team members to indicate how they prefer to communicate and learn. Teams can choose to use this tool as a worksheet or card sort.
- Communication Planning Worksheet
- Communication Planning Card sort
- Team members can sort the cards using the PowerPoint file. Or, print out the file and cut out the cards for team members to physically sort the cards.
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Community Research Partner Recruiting: Thinking about who should work on our team
Use this tool to discuss who should be on the research team. This includes what types of characteristics people on the research team should have.
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Doing
Solving disagreements
Use this tool to choose an approach to resolving disagreements.
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Sharing
Dissemination Strategies: How do we want to Share About our Research Project?
Use this tool to make decisions about what types of products you want to make to share about your research. This could include journal articles, presentations, podcasts, etc.
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Product Specific Authorship Agreement: Decisions about Authorship for a Sharing Product
Use this template to talk about and make decisions about who will be an author for a specific sharing product, such as a single journal article or presentation.
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