1. FAST-R – Does it really help?
Dr Nicola Fear,
King’s College London

2. My views as a….
• PI / Researcher
• Supervisor
• Ethics committee member

3. As a PI/Researcher
• Access to people with experience of
mental health problems.
• Offers expert advice about patient
information sheets, consent forms
and recruitment strategies.

4. As a PI/Researcher
Allows research teams to
demonstrate patient and public
involvement.

5. As a supervisor
• Another pair of eyes
• An extra check (by an expert)
• Student aware of needs of
patients/study subjects

6. As a supervisor
Takes some of my load

7. As an ethics committee member
• Increases confidence in
research.
• Possibly a “smoother”
experience.

8. As an ethics committee member

9. Does it really help?
• Yes!
• Fast
• Free
• Provides useful & helpful
advice