Patient narratives: the potential for "patient-centred" interprofessional learning?
The central theme of the paper is concerned with the educational potential that patient narratives may hold for improving patient-centred interprofessional care. It follows the processes of a research project that was required to provide an educational intervention in a multiprofessionally-staffed stroke rehabilitation ward. It discusses the evolution of the project, focusing on the ways in which patient narratives were constructed, the purposes they served, and the responses of professionals to the narratives in subsequent workshops. Along the way, the paper reflects on the responses of patients that problematise the notion of "patient-centred" care. Together with the responses of professionals to the narratives, the paper raises questions about the obstacles to and possibilities for such care.
Centre for Applied Research in Education, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. c.blickem@uea.ac.uk
Christian
C
Blickem
Esther
E
Priyadharshini
D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*