Hearing patients' voices differently: using poetry workshops as a creative approach to public engagement in research

Aims:

1. To explore how poetry can be used as a creative way to engage the public in research
2. To share poems produced by diverse patient groups with lived experiences of medical testing
3. To engage participants in a poetry-based activity

We will perform poems created during a series of poetry workshops designed to engage the public in research. We will reflect on how poetry can give voice to patients’ lived experiences in an impactful way.