What is Research CP?
It is a collaborative effort of two cerebral palsy organizations — CPRN and CP NOW — that will kick off in March 2017 with a series of five short, educational webinars (a short seminar online) all about CP research tools and techniques, current CP research, patient engagement and outcomes AND culminate in a 1.5-day Research CP Workshop in Chicago, IL in June, 2017. All who complete the webinars can attend virtually through live-streaming. (Register NOW!) Research CP is funded through a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Once you tune in and watch the first Research CP Overview webinar you can ALSO apply to attend the workshop in Chicago in person – you will be paid a stipend for your time*, and expenses will be reimbursed for your travel and hotel. You must meet the application criteria to attend. Due to funding and space limitations, we can only accept 32 in-person workshop participants BUT all can attend the virtual workshop and lend your thoughts! We will need to ensure good representation in the community across age, race, functional capabilities and a diversity of clinical disciplines for the in-person workshop attendees so that the community is well represented.
So Research CP is three parts:
- a Webinar Series of five 20-40 minutes of presentations with a question and answer period following;
- a survey of most pressing changes needed (research questions, problems, desired outcomes);
- 1.5-day Research CP Workshop in Chicago, IL AND virtual live-streaming of the workshop so all can attend.
* Stipends are only available for non-professional members of the community.
Webinar Registration
The information requested for registration will be used exclusively for planning the webinar series and workshop and will remain strictly confidential in keeping with our privacy policy.