Where's the patient's voice in health professional education?
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.
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Division of Health Care Communication, College of Health Disciplines, University of British Columbia, 400-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3.