Patients in Education
PIE’s mission is to fully integrate patient and community expertise and lived experience into health professional education. Our focus on patient and community expertise empowers individuals and organizations, opening new opportunities for communication with academic educators and future healthcare providers.
WHO WE ARE:
Patients in Education (PIE) is a not-for-profit society that is meeting the emerging and increasing needs of UBC health faculty and students for patient and community educators. Our members are representatives of community organizations and individuals who wish to advance patient/community
involvement in the education of future health professionals.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
PIE’s mission is to fully integrate patient and community expertise and lived experience into health professional education. Our focus on patient and community expertise empowers individuals and organizations, opening new opportunities for communication with academic educators and future healthcare providers.
YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO US ….. JOIN US – we are excited to welcome new members:
– Patients/Caregivers
– Partner organizations
– Students
– Educators – We would love to work with you to help you (aimed at educators)
Patients in Education Help...
Patients
PIE helps PATIENTS: play an active role in professional healthcare education, empowering them and giving them confidence to participate, reduce power barriers and have their lived experience impact future healthcare providers
Students
PIE helps STUDENTS: by introducing the patient’s voice to learners as early as possible which is essential in preparing current and future practitioners to work in partnership with patients.
Educators
PIE helps EDUCATORS: create education that is innovative, evolving and engaging or learners especially with regard to recognition and respect for patient expertise and lived experience.
Outreach
On The Table BC
On September 25th, 2019 Patients in Education (PIE) hosted a conversation about how to better prepare health care students for team-based primary care in BC. It was part of the Vancouver Foundation’s ‘On the Table BC’, which is a call to action to build a sense of belonging by taking the time to connect with one-another for face-to-face conversations about what matters to people and communities in BC.
PIE held the event to respond to changes to primary care in BC and the parallel need to change the way we educate health care professionals in the province.
The evening generated a number of promising ideas for improvements to health professional education which will be shared with decision makers at UBC
Gallery Walk
In June 2018 & 2019 Patients In Education invited UBC faculty and colleagues to explore new ways to engage patients in educational programs. It was a great opportunity for them to meet patient educators and find out about the many different ways they can be involved in student learning at UBC.
Community Forum
In April 2017 Patients In Education held a community forum to bring together non-profits, engaged citizens, and UBC’s Patient and Community Partnership for Education in an action-oriented event to identify opportunities to collaborate and enrich health professional education at UBC.
C2U Expo
In May 2017 at a symposium in Vancouver, BC, members of Patients In Education presented the stages of PIE’s journey through sharing stories of our experiences and lessons learned. Topics included: focus on student learning as a way of bringing diverse stakeholders together; the role of cultural brokers between university and community; impacts on the community, students and university; and benefits to community of influencing the next generation of healthcare professionals.
AMEE Conference
In August 2017 at AMEE (an international association or medical education) in Helsinki, Finland, PIE presented the development of Patients In Education as an organization that engages with the university to enrich the education of students through inclusion of the patient’s voice. PIE described its evolution, lessons learned, and key factors for success during the first 18 months.