title: Critical reflections from a community-based participatory research course.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Training for new and existing researchers in community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches requires flexibility and a departure from traditional research methods courses. The literature has not fully reported how universities teach CBPR or the impact of CBPR courses on students and researchers.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this paper, I use a reflective, inquiry-based methodology to find meaning from my experience in a doctoral level CBPR course offered by a southeastern university.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five recommendations, complementary to guiding CBPR principles emerge. These include: Know the inherent challenges, find meaning and purpose, seek to understand complexities, recognize the implications, and use CBPR as a means to redress power.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The reflection process and recommendations may be useful for institutions, funding agencies, policy makers, and community-engaged researchers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Allyson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kelley
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D009657:North Carolina; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education*