The Patient Partners Program recruits, selects, orients, and provides skill-building for UHN patients and caregivers, in order to contribute to important hospital planning and decision-making activities.
In our newsroom: “Why I’m a Patient Partner: A Brain Injury Survivor’s Story.”
Read more.
Why Get Involved?
Becoming a Patient Partner helps shape the care and service we offer our patients and caregivers. Through our program you:
- Share your thoughts and ideas
- Contribute to patient and staff safety
- Contribute to organizational change and transformation
- Work with staff to help improve care and service
- Learn about the experience of others
- Take part in skill-building activities
What Does It Mean To Be A Patient Partner?
As a Patient Partner, you:
- Support and commit to
UHN’s Declaration of Values
- Attend orientation and training
- Gain support from a staff partner, to ensure you are well prepared to contribute to meetings and other engagement opportunities
- Attend meetings and other engagement opportunities
- Focus on the goals and objectives of the specific project in which you are participating
- Commit to improving care and service related to the project goals
- Participate actively in meetings, by sharing your story, feedback, experiences and opinions
Who Can Become A Patient Partner?
We are interested in recruiting UHN patients and caregivers who are:
- Living well in the community with their health condition
- Able to attend daytime and early evening meetings
- Coping well with their hospital experience
- Able to listen well and enjoy working with others
- Able to attend supportive education and skill-building sessions that prepare them for this partnership
- Willing to talk about their experience, to help shape care and service
To find out about our upcoming information sessions, please contact us:
Email:
partnersincare@uhn.ca
Phone: 416 340 5085
Thank you for your consideration
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