Kateryna
Metersky,
BScN, RN, MN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Toronto Metropolitan University
Dr. Kateryna Metersky is an Assistant Professor at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr. Metersky also maintains her nursing practice in General Internal Medicine at Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Metersky's program of research focuses on: 1) health professions and nursing education; 2) nursing and interprofessional practice; and 3) persons with chronic health challenges. Fittingly her research program is focused on integration of her SRC work in pedagogy and practice to promote social justice, health-equity, and local/global community well-being.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: Engagement with patients, family and caregivers as educators is invaluable to prospective and current health professions learners. Providing an opportunity for patients to share their lived experiences with prospective and current healthcare providers can offer an opportunity for these participants to hone their patient-centric skills. However, sharing stories publicly makes patient-partners susceptible to vulnerability. In this context, it is the state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed emotionally.
We use ‘patient-partner’ as an…