title: Service user and carer participation in an endoscopy nursing programme.
abstract: This article reports an initiative to improve students' insight into service user and carer experience of endoscopy, particularly those with severe disability, such as spinal cord injury. This insight has the potential to improve the information provided and level of person-centred care in an endoscopy service. It was evident in the feedback from the classroom encounter that the teaching and learning strategy had a positive outcome, which will allow us to integrate the approach into future curriculum development and delivery, bringing the lived experience from the service user and carer perspective into the classroom. Students engaged in discussion and used their reflective skills to develop sensitivity to those with physical disability and complex needs requiring endoscopy procedures.
authors.affiliation: Nurse Lecturer, Course Coordinator, Endoscopy and Related Procedures, Nursing/Pathway Leader Specialist Practice in Anaesthetic Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast.
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Leontia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hoy
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: N Hoy
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D009660:Northern Ireland; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D013338:Students, Nursing