Introducing patient stories in health sciences education: the learning experiences of students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been advocated that the development of medical school curricula must be informed by students, doctors in training, educators, employers, other health and social care professionals and patients, families and carers. Patients are widely employed to teach clinical and interpersonal skills, and while recognised as crucial in health education, they have mostly been offered a passive role. We assessed the impact of patients contributing personal illness narratives in the master curriculum of allied health care professionals on students' learning experiences.

Methods

We designed a module (Patient and Society) for a master's degree programme in Health Sciences at the University of Southern Denmark in collaboration with six patients. The patients contributed to the

SUBMITTER: Janssens A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11403867 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature