Digital Methodology to implement the ECOUTER engagement process.
ECOUTER (EmployingCOnceptual schema for policy andTranslationEinResearch - French for 'to listen' - is a new stakeholder engagement method incorporating existing evidence to help participants draw upon their own knowledge of cognate issues and interact on a topic of shared concern. The results of an ECOUTER can form the basis of recommendations for research, governance, practice and/or policy. This paper describes the development of a digital methodology for the ECOUTER engagement process based on currently available mind mapping freeware software. The implementation of an ECOUTER process tailored to applications within health studies are outlined for both online and face-to-face scenarios. Limitations of the present digital methodology are discussed, highlighting the requirement of a purpose built software for ECOUTER research purposes.
Data 2 Knowledge Research Group, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK.
Rebecca C
RC
Wilson
Data 2 Knowledge Research Group, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK.
Oliver W
OW
Butters
MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK.
Tom
T
Clark
Data 2 Knowledge Research Group, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK.
Joel
J
Minion
Data 2 Knowledge Research Group, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK.
Andrew
A
Turner
Data 2 Knowledge Research Group, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK.
Madeleine J
MJ
Murtagh
Stackeholder engagement; digital methodology; freeware software