Patients’ Engagement in Medical Education

Patient engagement in medical education for health care professionals is fundamental. Patients are effective and successful in teaching skills to medical and nursing students with positive outcomes on students and patients. Patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses can be considered as "expert patients" who can bring in their experience of illness and teach the emotional, psychological, social, and economic aspects of illness.

Traditionally, patients have been actively involved in teaching and/or assessment which is often achieved by a trained patient-educator with the goal of bringing patient voices into the education about illness and its impact on patient lifestyle and personal and psychological well-being alongside socioeconomic status.

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