Accepted Type
Facilitated and Dedicated Poster
Code
P6 - 01
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
yes
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Research
Will the presenter be a:
Other
Presenter Other
Research Associate
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
Patient Emancipation? Patient Teacher Programs in Medical Education
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
"Patient as Teacher" (PAT) educational initiatives aim to bring the human experience more prominently into the medical education process by integrating patients and their stories into teaching. Yet despite decades of PAT programs and related research, incongruent perspectives on patients' involvement and motivations can still complicate PAT efforts. The underlying reasons for patient engagement from the perspectives of all PAT stakeholders - particularly patients - requires further scrutiny to ensure meaningful, non-tokenistic PAT programs and avoid potential coercion.
Methods
A new Patient as Teachers program was launched in 2018 for undergraduate University of Toronto MD students doing their surgical clerkship. Using a phenomenographic approach, we conducted 21 semi-structures interviews with patient teachers, students and facilitators who participated in this program to investigate the qualitatively various ways the program (the phenomenon) was experienced.
Results
Analysis identified different phenomenographical categories of description and how these categories were structurally related. One category may explain why patients participate in medical educational programs: retroactive emancipation. The program offered a way for patients' to counterbalance the dehumanizing care experience parts, give voice and drive for a change in how healthcare engages with patients
Conclusion
As patient engagement in medical education increases, we should consider how to make patient involvement more inclusive and authentic. By conceptualizing PAT programs as potential early stage emancipation movements we may better support educational program development that involves patients in a more humanistic and ethically sound manner to promote true patient-centered healthcare.
Keyword 1
Patient engagement
Keyword 2
Phenomenography
Level of Training
Post Graduate
Abstract Themes
Teaching and learning
Teaching and Learning
- Diversity
- Humanities
- Patient Safety
- Inclusive education
Additional Theme (First choice)
Undergraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Emilia Kangasjarvi
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
