Background The importance of patient and public involvement (PPI) in the design and conduct of health research projects is gaining widespread recognition; however, it is still a developing area. Furthermore, PPI in methodological health research can help increase research value Thus, it is of great importance that researchers, especially early stage researchers continue to discuss and learn about the future challenges and opportunities of PPI. Objective With this commentary, we aim to disseminate i) key messages from a recent PPI training event and ii) discuss what early stage researchers (ESRs) in the "Methods in Research on Research" (MiRoR) project can do to improve our current and future work by considering and incorporating PPI. Main body The latest MiRoR network meeting held at the University of Split in Croatia (2nd-3rd October), included a PPI training session with presentations from Mr. Stephens a patient, about "Waste in research" and Dr. Westmore a funder on "Research integrity", followed by smaller round-table discussions. This provided early stage researchers (ESRs) with an opportunity to discuss and explore the benefits and challenges of PPI in research, and the appropriate questions and research that is required for improving the implementation of PPI in clinical research. Conclusion As with intervention research, PPI is also important for methodological research since this will help to increase both the value, integrity and quality of research.By providing early stage researchers with appropriate educational, interactive and real-world training, this will introduce the various merits and challenges associated with PPI in early-stage research.

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研究中的 PPI：早期研究人员的反映。

背景 患者和公众参与（PPI）在健康研究项目的设计和实施中的重要性正在获得广泛认可。但是，它仍然是一个发展中的领域。此外，方法学健康研究中的 PPI 有助于提高研究价值，因此，研究人员，特别是早期研究人员继续讨论和了解 PPI 未来的挑战和机遇非常重要。目标 通过这篇评论，我们旨在传播 i) 最近 PPI 培训活动的关键信息，以及 ii) 讨论“研究研究方法”(MiRoR) 项目中的早期研究人员 (ESR) 可以做些什么来改善我们当前和通过考虑和纳入 PPI 的未来工作。主体 在克罗地亚斯普利特大学举行的最新 MiRoR 网络会议（10 月 2 日至 3 日），包括一个 PPI 培训课程，由患者 Stephens 先生介绍“研究中的浪费”，Westmore 博士介绍“研究诚信”，随后是小型圆桌讨论。这为早期研究人员 (ESR) 提供了一个机会来讨论和探索 PPI 在研究中的益处和挑战，以及改进 PPI 在临床研究中实施所需的适当问题和研究。结论 与干预研究一样，PPI 对于方法学研究也很重要，因为这将有助于提高研究的价值、完整性和质量。通过为早期研究人员提供适当的教育、互动和现实世界的培训，这将介绍各种在早期研究中与 PPI 相关的优点和挑战。