Patient-Partners as Educators: Vulnerability Related to Sharing of Lived Experience
Patient-partners are invaluable in health professions’ education. Sharing their lived experiences with prospective and current healthcare providers can provide an opportunity for these participants to hone their patient-centric skills. However, sharing stories publicly is a vulnerable role and may f...
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2023-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Patient Experience |
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| author | Kateryna Metersky PhD, RN Rezwana Rahman MN(c), BScN, RN Jennifer Boyle PhD |
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| description | Patient-partners are invaluable in health professions’ education. Sharing their lived experiences with prospective and current healthcare providers can provide an opportunity for these participants to hone their patient-centric skills. However, sharing stories publicly is a vulnerable role and may feel emotionally risky for patient-partners. Using reflective dialogue, this manuscript outlines recommendations through the Sender-Receiver Model of Communication for Patient-Partners encounters when working with patient-partners in health professions’ education. These recommendations include recognizing that: Patient-partners need to consider if they are ready to share their story. Some stories are wounds requiring further healing; other stories are scars fully processed by patient-partners and ready to be shared publicly. The audience should differentiate between questions that can promote critical thinking versus feel like a “personal attack.” Audiences should recognize vulnerability patient-partners may experience in sharing their stories and engage accordingly. Pre-session and post-session debriefs are important. Shared stories may elicit intense emotions from patient-partners and audiences. Both groups should be given an opportunity to process and work through emotions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0006e122c7174355a8fdf9c12cd6664b2023-06-20T09:03:37ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Patient Experience2374-37432023-06-011010.1177/23743735231183677Patient-Partners as Educators: Vulnerability Related to Sharing of Lived ExperienceKateryna Metersky PhD, RN0Rezwana Rahman MN(c), BScN, RN1Jennifer Boyle PhD2 Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, , Toronto, ON, Canada Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, , Toronto, ON, Canada Centre for Collaborative Healthcare and Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPatient-partners are invaluable in health professions’ education. Sharing their lived experiences with prospective and current healthcare providers can provide an opportunity for these participants to hone their patient-centric skills. However, sharing stories publicly is a vulnerable role and may feel emotionally risky for patient-partners. Using reflective dialogue, this manuscript outlines recommendations through the Sender-Receiver Model of Communication for Patient-Partners encounters when working with patient-partners in health professions’ education. These recommendations include recognizing that: Patient-partners need to consider if they are ready to share their story. Some stories are wounds requiring further healing; other stories are scars fully processed by patient-partners and ready to be shared publicly. The audience should differentiate between questions that can promote critical thinking versus feel like a “personal attack.” Audiences should recognize vulnerability patient-partners may experience in sharing their stories and engage accordingly. Pre-session and post-session debriefs are important. Shared stories may elicit intense emotions from patient-partners and audiences. Both groups should be given an opportunity to process and work through emotions.https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735231183677 |
| spellingShingle | Kateryna Metersky PhD, RN Rezwana Rahman MN(c), BScN, RN Jennifer Boyle PhD Patient-Partners as Educators: Vulnerability Related to Sharing of Lived Experience Journal of Patient Experience |
| title | Patient-Partners as Educators: Vulnerability Related to Sharing of Lived Experience |
| title_full | Patient-Partners as Educators: Vulnerability Related to Sharing of Lived Experience |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Patient-Partners as Educators: Vulnerability Related to Sharing of Lived Experience |
| title_short | Patient-Partners as Educators: Vulnerability Related to Sharing of Lived Experience |
| title_sort | patient partners as educators vulnerability related to sharing of lived experience |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735231183677 |
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