“Thank You for Giving Me a Voice!” A Longitudinal Evaluation of Patients’ Experience of Partnering With Students in an Australian Medical School:

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

Kimberley DaleIvory¹ 

关键词: Medical education;    patient-partners;    evaluation;    population medicine;    professionalism;    chronic disease;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2382120517692776

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: SAGEYA Publishing Company

【 摘 要 】

Background:We evaluated the patient-partner experience in a longitudinal program called Integrated Population Medicine in the Sydney Medical School to assess its acceptability. The program exposed senior medical students to the lived experience of chronic disease.Methods:We surveyed 267 people with chronic conditions recruited as patient-partners by the 2012 student cohort in a mixed-methods longitudinal cohort study. Surveys were administered ‘over’ 18 months: before, during, and after the program.Results:A total of 155 (58%) patient-partners completed the baseline survey; 52 patients returned all 3 surveys. Patient-partners remained very positive about the program across all surveys. More than 95% of respondents enjoyed interacting with the student, and most were very positive about their role in teaching the student. Three major themes emerged: willingness to help, a sense of gratitude and enjoyment, and a chance to teach and learn. Participants were willing to discuss their illness experiences and wer...

【 授权许可】

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