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Health Mentors program featured in UBC Reports
The Interprofessional Health Mentors program was featured in the March 2012 edition of UBC Reports. The article is entitled A new window on patients’ struggles and written by Brian Kladko. The full March 2012 edition of UBC Reports can be found here (PDF).
External Review of Patient & Community Voices Project now available
This report assesses the successes and challenges of the UBC Patient and Community Voices in Health Professional Education project from the perspective of community partners involved in planning and delivering the project. This evaluation also explores other ways to continue to engage people from the community in health professional education. Read full report (pdf).
Patient and Community Voices featured in UBC Medicine magazine
Patient and Community Voices workshops were featured in the Spring 2011 edition of the UBC Medicine magazine. The Spring 2011 edition can be found here. “Patients have long been a part of the education of health professionals, but they have usually been relegated to a passive role, to be queried and examined — serving, in […]
Updates from the 2nd Annual Patient Fair + 2010 workshops
It’s been an active 6 months for the PCV Project! At the moment we are busy writing a number of summary reports about our activities, which we will share with you in March. But in case you can’t wait that long, here is a recap of what we have been up to. Allies in Health […]
“Turning Patients into Professors” – Patient & Community Voices featured in UBC Reports
The Patient and Community Voices project gets highlighted in UBC Reports, under the catchy title: Turning Patients into Professors! Turning Patients into Professors By Brian Lin “A UBC project is helping future doctors, nurses, social workers and other health professionals learn from those they are being trained to serve.”
New Book by the Recovery Narrative Project
EVENING the frayed edges EVENING the frayed edges is the first anthology to go to press by the Vancouver based Recovery Narrative Project. The Recovery Narrative Project is a peer-led writing circle for mental health consumers who wish to share their stories of strength and recovery. Click here for the Recovery Narrative Project blog.
Community and Patient Fair featured in UBC Medical Journal
The Community & Patient Fair is featured in the March 2010 edition of the UBC Medical Journal, “a student-run academic journal with a goal to engage students in dialogue in medicine.” Learning from our Future Patients by Amber Jarviea Vancouver Fraser Medical Program 2012, UBC Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, BC
Highlights from our 1st annual Fair
Highlights from our day long event last year: The “Health Care Involves Everybody” Fair held on October 29th, 2009 at the UBC Life Sciences Centre as part of the UBC “Celebrate Learning Week” was a huge success. Students from many different faculties and disciplines attended the Fair and expressed positive outcomes from their interactions with […]
Patient & Community Voices workshops featured on UBC TLEF website
The Patient & Community Voices workshops are featured on the UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) website. Go to TLEF website to read more “Just to hear the lived experience from someone’s mouth is always great … 10 minutes of that seems to be worth about 2 hours of it coming from an instructor’s […]