Journal of medical education and curricular development
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J Med Educ Curric Dev · Jan 2017
"Thank You for Giving Me a Voice!" A Longitudinal Evaluation of Patients' Experience of Partnering With Students in an Australian Medical School.
We evaluated the patient-partner experience in a longitudinal program called Integrated Population Medicine in the Sydney Medical School to assess its acceptability. The program exposed senior medical students to the lived experience of chronic disease. ⋯ Patients are willing participants in longitudinal patient-partner programs. They perceive benefits for themselves and others, for the health system, and for students and would like to become more actively involved in medical education.