title: Where's the patient's voice in health professional education?
abstract: The first international conference to address the question Where's the patients' voice in health professional education? was held in Vancouver, Canada, from 3 to 5 November 2005. The 240 participants came from a variety of patient groups, including marginalized populations, lobby groups and patient-as-teachers programs. In addition there were health professional educators, researchers and students from schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, social work, psychology, law, and other related professions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Care Communication, College of Health Disciplines, University of British Columbia, 400-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Towle