Seeing the patient as a person in interprofessional health professions education

M.H. Bosveld*, S. Romme*, J. de Nooijer, H.W.H. Smeets, J.J.J. van Dongen*, M.A. van Bokhoven

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Abstract

Increasing prevalence of chronic disease leads to an increased need for person-centered care. To prepare future health professionals for this need, educational institutions provide interprofessional education in which they actively involve patients (hereafter called experts by experience). The organization of inter-institutional, interprofessional education with the active involvement of experts by experience poses challenges. To overcome these challenges, a joint student- and expert by experience-led organization was established, named Patient as a Person Foundation. This organization functions as the linking pin between three educational institutions. Jointly, they enabled the involvement of 181 experts by experience in interprofessional education and 1313 students from nine study programs over the course of two curriculum years. To facilitate joint education involving patients, Patient as a Person Foundation realizes three main activities: (a) recruitment and instruction of experts by experience, (b) enabling the inter-institutional organization of education and facilitating its logistics and financing, and (c) universal training of teaching staff. This interprofessional Education and Practice Guide aims to provide lessons on how to sustainably organize interprofessional education involving experts by experience across multiple educational institutions. The key lessons provided in this guide, underpinned by research and key literature, aim to inspire and enable similar initiatives elsewhere.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)457-463
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Interprofessional Care
Volume37
Issue number3
Early online date21 Jul 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 May 2023

Keywords

  • Health professions education
  • patient participation
  • interprofessional education
  • organization of medical education
  • Person-centered care
  • OPTIMIZING PATIENT
  • SERVICE USER
  • INVOLVEMENT
  • FACILITATORS
  • BARRIERS

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