Angela
Towle,
PhD
Associate Professor
University of British Columbia
Angela Towle is Co-director of Patient & Community Partnership for Education (PCPE) in the Office of UBC Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC). PCPE has a research and development focus on patient involvement in health care decision-making and in health professional education. It has developed, implemented and evaluated innovative educational programs that involve patients and community members as educators for health professional students. Angela is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Senior Scholar in the Centre for Health Education Scholarship at UBC.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Seminar Description: Abstract
Background:
Engagement with patients, families and other community members in the design and delivery of interprofessional education is increasingly seen as beneficial, but there are many questions about how to do this in a good way. As part of a recent research project, we co-created with patients and the public a set of evidence-informed guiding principles, models and processes for the authentic, ongoing and sustainable engagement of patients and the public in health professional education. We identified from the literature a set of guiding principles of…