Rehab Forward 2026: Starting Community Research

Schedule

Mon Jun 22 2026 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00
Location

City St George's, University of London | London, EN

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Learn from inspiring community rehabilitation research, take early steps towards research activity & attend knowledge and skills workshops.
About this Event

A multi-disciplinary development event showcasing inspiring community rehabilitation research and providing knowledge and skills workshops to help build foundation level research confidence for community practitioners who want to get started with new research activity.


Learning Outcomes:

· Confidence to engage with community rehabilitation research within evidence-based practice

· Understand how to take the first steps towards becoming more research active

· Skills to underpin new research behaviours in community rehabilitation practice


Audience:

Multi-disciplinary community practitioners with no or little research experience who are curious about rehabilitation research and thinking about taking their first steps into research.

· Also, community practitioners who are early in their research journey. Those looking for a chance to increase their research confidence for better evidence-based practice and/or to get involved in research delivery.

· Also suitable for team leads and managers who want to increase research engagement and capacity in their team, service or community.

· Practitioners from any setting are welcomed, including health & social care and those working in the public, private or voluntary sector.

· We particularly encourage members of communities who are currently under-represented in research and we welcome attendee from across the UK.


Partners

This event was co-designed to meet the research capacity building needs of diverse community practitioners with an interest in rehabilitation. Thank you to all our partners for their contributions to the content of this event.


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Agenda

🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Event Start

Info: Registration
Registration, refreshments and displaying posters from 09:30.
Event starts at 10:00 with poster viewing and networking


🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Welcome Address
Host: Prof Lindsay Bearne

Info: Overview of community rehabilitation


🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Panel Discussion

Info: Exploring diverse pathways into early research activity


🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
Tea Break

Info: Poster viewing, networking and refreshments


🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM
Parallel Skills Workshops

Info: Making sense of evidence for practice OR Developing a research question from a clinical idea


🕑: 12:25 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch Break

Info: Buffet, networking and poster viewing


🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:45 PM
Keynote Address
Host: Prof Vicki Goodwin

Info: Journey into community rehabilitation research


🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Research Presentations

Info: Showcasing community rehab research from innovation to implementation


🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:50 PM
Tea Break

Info: Refreshments, networking and poster viewing


🕑: 02:50 PM - 03:40 PM
Parallel Skills Workshops

Info: Creating research culture in your team OR Working in partnership with diverse communities


🕑: 03:40 PM - 03:50 PM
Closing Address

Info: Signposting resources to support community rehabilitation research


🕑: 03:50 PM - 04:00 PM
Event Close
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Where is it happening?

City St George's, University of London, Tait building, Clerkenwell Campus, London, United Kingdom

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