Programs & Activities
We provide or facilitate a wide variety of programs, workshops and activities throughout the year. All of our programs and activities promote the unique lived experience and expertise of patients and community members, which enriches the university education of health and human service students.
Health Mentors Program
UBC health professional students learn from patient educators (health mentors) in a longitudinal interprofessional program.
Bringing patients and society back into the social accountability of a medical school
This project will help UBC and other Canadian medical schools to engage directly with members of the public and patients.
Living Library
A video library of real patients and caregivers talking about their health care experiences to illustrate important topics in health professional education.
Aboriginal Summer Camps
Health and human service professional students learn cultural safety from an Aboriginal community.
Gallery Walk
An annual event hosted by PCPE to advance the UBC Health Patient Engagement Framework and create more opportunities for students to learn from the lived experience of patients.
2021-22 Interprofessional Health Mentors Program Virtual Symposium, April 4, 2022
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Patient & Community Voices Workshops and Events
Patient educators and community members lead workshops for students on health care topics.
Consultation on the Priority Health Concerns in British Columbia
A report and video from a public consultation on the priority health concerns in British Columbia.
Health Advocacy
Resources to teach students a broad understanding of health advocacy co-created with community members, individual patients/caregivers.
Learning Resources
An online database of over 65 learning resources recommended by patients and community organizations and evaluated by students.
Consulting Activities
We help faculty and students to design their own learning activities that involve patients.
