The PPI project design canvas: a structured tool for planning public and patient involvement in research

Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) is widely recognised and increasingly required in health and nursing research, yet many research teams struggle to operationalise PPI meaningfully, especially in the early stages of PPI. Existing guidance tends to be in text format (checklists and principles) rather than a visual, co-creative planning tool. In this paper, we discuss how to initiate PPI in Nursing science and suggest a new tool, the PPI Project Design Canvas; an integrative tool to support planning and enacting PPI in health and nursing research.