LMP2356H: Meaningful (Patient/People with Lived Experience (PLEX)) Engagement
Credit: 0.25 FCE
Genuine and meaningful patient, caregiver and community (PCC) engagement can bring about improvements in healthcare delivery and outcomes, make research more responsive to the needs of patients and help to drive change and innovation - but if undertaken without careful consideration, PCC can be tokenistic, or marked by a lack of inclusion or action.
This module will help students to better understand and develop professional skills around best practice in patient, caregiver and community engagement in research and innovation projects and allow opportunities to apply in-class learnings to real world examples. The material presented in class will illustrate how much more impactful healthcare can be by ‘doing things with people’ and not ‘to people’.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this module you will be able to:
- Explain the benefits of patient, caregiver and community engagement in healthcare, research and innovation.
- Identify examples of best practice in meaningful patient, caregiver and community engagement in healthcare.
- Incorporate best practices in patient, caregiver and community engagement into their own work.
Enrollment
- Students are required to complete eight modules (0.25 FCE each) spread out within 2 years of study.
- Students may enroll in modular courses using ACORN.
- The modular schedule will be emailed to students prior to the start of each semester.
- Modules offered outside of the program are also permitted such as ones offered by the Institute of Medical Science (IMS).