We want to ensure that you focus on your health during your acute care journey, whether as an inpatient or going through active treatment. We encourage you to apply once you feel that you are living well in the community and have had a chance to reflect on your experiences.
Our team appreciates that the patient experience at any health care facility is invaluable to our learning and understanding of how to improve our organization. We welcome your application however preference will be given to UHN patients.
As Patient Partners work directly with staff on specific UHN initiatives, the time commitment for each partnership will vary. For instance, committee work might require a time commitment of once per month, but a focus group will only require one specific date and time.
Most meetings are held during the day (8:00 am – 5:00 pm), however, opportunities do arise for evening meetings, online work, and teleconference options.
The program commits to informing you of the time commitment for each specific initiative prior to partnering with that initiative.
Patients and caregivers can also participate through the Virtual Patient Focus Group. This group is an online forum to provide feedback and input through online surveys and questionnaires. For more information, please visit
Virtual Patient Focus Group.
Patient Partners are reimbursed for travel associated with attending program meetings. i.e., TTC, WheelTrans, cabs, Uber, parking, etc.
At this time, the Patient Partner Program is not a peer-support or mentoring program. Patient Partners work directly with UHN staff only on hospital initiatives and quality improvement projects.
Our team, together with UHN staff, is committed to sharing project outcomes with our Patient Partners. We are in the process of developing a formal feedback tool to ensure the engagement was meaningful and fulfilling for both our Patient Partners and the project.
If you are a UHN staff member, please visit the Intranet site for more information on the
Patient Partner Program
