Empowering patient
voices in health
professional education

We believe that when the patient is acknowledged as a key partner and decision-maker in health, health care works better for everyone! In 2022, more than 1,800 students across 12 UBC health programs benefited by learning from patients through activities such as workshops, mentorship and videos.

This program has been so successful and impactful that we are unable to meet the growing demand across UBC Health for more patient voices! Our pool of patient partners is limited because we don’t have capacity to reach out to more patients and organizations.

With your support we aim to grow our patient engagement—particularly those from under-represented and equity-deserving communities who may need more support to enable their participation. This is a unique opportunity for British Columbians to come together and shape the future of health professional education in our province.

With financial support from donors like you, we will have the capacity to build on existing relationships with community-based patient health organizations, and create new ones, to increase access for marginalized, vulnerable, and rural and remote patients and communities, and to innovate the ways they can be involved, such as podcasts. Your donations will go a long way towards improving access for patient participants, thank you for your support.