Meeting of Experts is a platform for patient engagement in health professional education co-ordinated by Patient & Community Partnership for Education (PCPE) in the Office of UBC Health. We believe that active participation by patients and people with lived experience from the community is an essential component of training future professionals for patient-centred, team-based care. People with chronic health concerns and other “expert patients” have important life experiences and expertise that can and should enrich professional education.

We are part of an international movement to bring the authentic and autonomous patient’s voice into health professional education.

Why ‘Meeting of Experts’?

Patients and healthcare professionals have different kinds of expertise. Both are essential. Health professionals and their students have learning of and access to scarce and specialist knowledge. Patients know their own lives and are expert witnesses of the healthcare system.

Patient educators are people who share their lived experiences to enhance the education of health professional students.

PCPE is a leader in patient engagement. We are the go-to place for patient involvement in health professional education (scholarship and practice) and attract visitors from around the world who come to learn from our programs. Our work includes many local, national and international partners.