Recent News & Updates

New Publication: Patient Partners in Continuing Medical Education
We partnered on a new paper published in the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions about involving patients in the…

Patient & Community Voices: Impacts of Poorly Understood Chronic Conditions
On November 23 we held our second Patient & Community Voices workshop in the 2021-22 series. Unmet Health Care Needs:…

Health Mentors Program: Presented at International Conference
Angela Towle and Cathy Kline presented the UBC Health Mentors program at the International Conference on Health Care Communication in October.…

Patient Involvement Grows at UBC
The involvement of patients in education continues to grow at UBC. For the first time, patients will be involved in UBC…

Call to Action: Patient Involvement in Medical Education
The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations released a position paper that calls for systematic approaches to patient involvement across the continuum…

New Research: Bringing Patients and Society Back into the Social Accountability of a Medical School
Our team has been awarded a research and development grant from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada…

Annual Report: Patient & Community Partnership for Education (PCPE)
PCPE’s annual report is now available. The report highlights PCPE’s work over the past academic year (July 2020 – June 2021) and includes summary reports…

Living Library: New Video Available!
In June we added a new video to the Living Library bringing the number of videos in the collection to 18. Our…

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