Rezwana
Rahman,
MN(c), RN
Registered Nurse
Government of Canada
Rezwana Rahman is a Medical Adjudicator who works for the Government of Canada. In this role, she has developed expertise in health science, adjudication, health policy, ethical decision making, and legislation. Rezwana has also worked as a Graduate Assistant at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she taught and marked papers for many courses including acute and chronic illness and nursing communication. Additionally, she has worked as a Registered Nurse and Clinical Extern at The Hospital for Sick Children and took many leadership roles including her membership on the RN Council.
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…