2013
DOI: 10.22230/jripe.2013v3n1a98
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Patients’ Messages as Educators in an Interprofessional Health Education Program

Abstract: Background: Patients have traditionally played a passive role in health professional education. Health Mentors Programs are new, innovative interprofessional education initiatives that involve "health mentors" (volunteer community patient educators), who share their experiences navigating the healthcare system with an interprofessional team of four health professional students. The purpose of this research was to explore what motivated the patient educators to participate in the Dalhousie Health Mentors Progra… Show more

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“…Several authors referred to government policy mandating patient participation in medical education, namely the UK Department of Health and the UK General Medical Council, 16 23 24 the Australian Medical Council 25 and the WHO 5 as a rationale for their patient involvement initiatives. Besides these political drivers, cited rationales were: to teach students patient-centred and interprofessional care 24 26–28 ; to introduce students to chronic illness care 29–31 ; to create a multicultural learning environment; to practise social accountability and an inclusion agenda 32–37 ; to make education more engaging, powerful and transformative 38 ; and to empower patients. 39 Patients mentioned that they felt a sense of responsibility to the broader community in shaping the future health workforce 24 32 and improving the healthcare system.…”
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“…Several authors referred to government policy mandating patient participation in medical education, namely the UK Department of Health and the UK General Medical Council, 16 23 24 the Australian Medical Council 25 and the WHO 5 as a rationale for their patient involvement initiatives. Besides these political drivers, cited rationales were: to teach students patient-centred and interprofessional care 24 26–28 ; to introduce students to chronic illness care 29–31 ; to create a multicultural learning environment; to practise social accountability and an inclusion agenda 32–37 ; to make education more engaging, powerful and transformative 38 ; and to empower patients. 39 Patients mentioned that they felt a sense of responsibility to the broader community in shaping the future health workforce 24 32 and improving the healthcare system.…”
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confidence: 99%
“… 39 Patients mentioned that they felt a sense of responsibility to the broader community in shaping the future health workforce 24 32 and improving the healthcare system. 24 33 40 …”
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“…Dalhousie health mentors participated in the programme because they had messages to share about collaborative practice, putting the patient first, understanding the impact of living with a chronic condition, and the importance of listening to the patient 13 . The degree to which mentors felt their messages were registering with students was associated with overall negative or positive experiences.…”
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confidence: 99%