NHS Trusts in the UK are encouraged to involve patients in all aspects of their work, but ensuring patient partnership initiatives work well is challenging. This article by Neil Cowan, […]
Partnership in practice
Hilde T. Myrhaug and Tone Hansen: Co-producing a systematic review with patients
Hilde T. Myrhaug and Tone Hansen describe how they collaborated on a systematic review on psychosocial interventions for cancer and conclude that collaboration must start early. Differing viewpoints need to […]
Helen Salisbury and Elizabeth Swift: Improving gynaecology teaching and assessment
Key messages Medical students have long been taught how to do pelvic examination using plastic pelvic models (pictured) An alternative approach has seen lay clinical teaching associates teaching students how […]
When patients choose wisely: empowering patients with evidence to resist low-value care
Anneliese Synnot and David Synnot A few months ago I received a text message from mum that made my heart sink: “Dad’s been diagnosed with a torn knee meniscus. We’re […]
Collaborating with patients to provide online access to health records
Selina Brudnicki and Sandra Dalziel discuss the experience and lessons learnt in jointly developing a new secure patient portal […]
Cristin Lind and Kyle Knox: Co-producing conferences with patients—challenges and opportunities
Cristin Lind and Kyle Knox discuss their experience of co-producing a conference with patients […]
Alexandra Sinclair and Sandra Doughty: Illuminating the patient experience of lumbar puncture
A survey carried out by the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Charity in the UK, which exposed the toll on patients of undergoing repeated lumbar puncture, has spurred a collaborative research project […]
Sara Turle and Andy Heeps: Having a patient in the room has changed the way we look at serious incidents
How can doctors work productively with patients, and what is the impact of doing so? […]